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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8300531, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks so much for the explanation, [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER]. Strack appears to be the only authority to have even tried to account for this mysterious object. It certainly makes sense that Alexandria would have some more of the attributes of Isis in Romano-Egyptian iconography -- just like &quot;Aegyptos&quot; -- given that she already holds a sistrum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia describes a situla as a bucket or pail, and specifically mentions it as an attribute of Isis. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The term is also used for pails carried by figures in other art forms; according to Plutarch and other sources this was a sign of a devotee of Isis, who herself is often shown carrying one (containing water from the sacred Nile), of a rather different shape, with a rounded bottom, and sometimes lidded. This rounded shape, often with a &quot;nipple&quot; at the bottom (see Luristan example in gallery), is believed to have represented the female breast.[14] These were also donated to temples as votive offerings by devotees.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an image from Wikipedia of a priestess of Isis carrying a situla:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the referenced situla from Luristan from the Wikipedia gallery:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468381[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some examples of the Hadrian Travel Series standing Alexandria type from acsearch on which the object is depicted as something other than an untethered round ball hanging in mid-air:</p><p><br /></p><p>Savoca 2020:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Emporium Hamburg 2019:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG 2018:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Do these fit the description of a &quot;situla&quot; carried by Isis? They all do seem to have the nipple shape at the bottom, so that matches. My verdict is that the explanation makes a great deal more sense than any other I&#039;ve heard, which is none![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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