Greco-Roman silver Statuette of an Eagle on a Capital, 2nd century BC - 1st century AD. In Near Eastern and Anatolian areas, the eagle was a manifestation of the supreme cosmic deity (Baal), depicted sometimes on the top of a column; during Hellenistic and Roman times, it is documented that this divinity was closely related to Zeus (Jupiter), a god who in Greece embodied the cosmic and celestial order, and whose sacred animal was the eagle.
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Greco-Roman silver Statuette of an Eagle on a Capital, 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.

In Near Eastern and Anatolian areas, the eagle was a manifestation of the supreme cosmic deity (Baal), depicted sometimes on the top of a column; during Hellenistic and Roman times, it is documented that this divinity was closely related to Zeus (Jupiter), a god who in Greece embodied the cosmic and celestial order, and whose sacred animal was the eagle.

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