Archaeologists think it’s an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, a god revered by Roman soldiers. The fortress, known as Apsaros, lies along Georgia’s western coast in what is now the town of Gonio.

There is likely a sanctuary to Jupiter Dolichenus at the Roman military site, known as the Gonio-Apsaros Fortress, that has not yet been found, and archaeologists hope to find it in future seasons ...

The delicate gold plaque was likely left as an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, possibly near a place of worship, Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski said.

The discovery of such an artifact at Apsaros indicates that there was a temple of Jupiter Dolichenus near the garrison that has yet to be discovered.

The thin gold plate is inscribed in Greek with a dedication to Jupiter Dolichenus, a deity who was a combination of the Roman god Jupiter and a storm and fertility deity from southeastern Turkey.

The plaque itself is a thin plate of gold with a Greek inscription dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus—a god worshipped by Roman soldiers.

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Both the hand and the temple of Jupiter Dolichenus in Vindolanda date to the early third century A.D., a tumultuous period in Roman Britain, fraught with war, rebellion, and bloodshed.

About 2,000 years ago, Iron Age worshippers built a thick-walled sanctuary near the ancient city of Doliche in Southeast Turkey. Later, followers of Jupiter Dolichenus—a sort of fusion deity ...

At one time, Doliche was a significant religious center and served as a sacred site for the Roman god Jupiter Dolichenus, the god of the sky and thunder, according to the news site Anatolian ...

Archaeologists think it’s an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, a god revered by Roman soldiers. The fortress, known as Apsaros, lies along Georgia’s western coast in what is now the town of Gonio.

The cult of Jupiter Dolichenus "spread throughout the Roman Empire, reaching a peak of popularity between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD," Lockley said.