Mystery cult: 2000 seal impressions found in Turkey

About 2000 municipal seals to have been found in Southern Turkey. These stamped clay pieces were used to secure and verify documents. Many of well-preserved seal images were of Jupiter Dolichenus, an important mystery cult popular in the Roman military in the second and third century AD.

Below are a few threads on Jupiter Dolichenus:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/11/archaeologists-uncover-over-2000-seal-impressions-in-ancient-doliche/149262
 

In the mystery cult, Jupiter Dolichenus was recognized as a god of the heavens as well as determining military success and safety.

Jupiter Dolichenus was usually represented standing on a bull and carrying his double ax and thunderbolt.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Dolichenus#:~:text=Jupiter Dolichenus was a Roman,to mid-3rd centuries AD.

Here are videos on the find:

"...And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." --Groucho Marx

There was Jupiter Optimus Maximus, J. Victor, J. Stator, etc etc....By analogy, in the Judeo-Christian tradition we have God the Almighty, G. the Father,  G. the Merciful, etc etc. It's all one guy, not separate gods.

Certainly different groups emphasized one aspect of Jupiter over another for various reasons, and the one statue depicted in the articles of the god standing on a bull suggests a blending of Jupiter- worship with the Cult of Mithras-- itself awfully similar to Christianity....It's all a figment of human imagination, so how rigid can the rules be?

"If you talk to God, you're praying...If He talks to you, you're schizophrenic."-- Lily Tomlin

BTW-- was the town Doliche named after the god,  or the god after the town?