Roman copy of a late Hellenistic figure, created in Egypt circa 100 B. C. The cult of Isis was widely disseminated in the Roman world and was practised especially by women. She wears a typical Egyptian dress which ends on her breast in the so-called “knot of Isis”. The situla in the left hand contained water from the Nile or milk and the bowl in the right served to pour the offering into. The cloak originally covered the head, here added in modern times.