Head of Isis

This is the head if Isis depicted with the cow's horns as a headdress. In the Egyptian pantheon, Isis is the sister and wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. The Egyptian pharaoh was considered the earthly embodiment of Horus. Isis also represents the pharaoh's throne. Worship of the goddess Isis was Africa's most influential cultural export to the Greco-Roman world. For example, this head was found at the Aphrodite-Isis Temple at Soli.此为以牛角作为头饰的伊西斯（Isis）头像。在埃及万神殿体系中，伊西斯是奥西里斯（Osiris）的姐妹与妻子，同时也是荷鲁斯（Horus）的母亲。古埃及法老被视作荷鲁斯在凡间的化身，而伊西斯同时也象征法老的王座。对伊西斯女神的崇拜，是非洲向希腊-罗马（Greco-Roman）世界输出的最具影响力的文化成果之一。例如，这件头像便出土于索利（Soli）的阿芙洛狄忒-伊西斯神庙（Aphrodite-Isis Temple）。