This drawing shows the interior of the entrance hall or portico of the Temple of Isis, devoted to this major goddess in the Egyptian pantheon, whose influence was great during the Ptolemaic era when the temple was built, in the 3rd century BC. The walls here and throughout the temple complex are covered with painted relief scenes and inscriptions depicting ceremonial events. In the center at top, above the lotus and papyrus capitals, is an eagle relief found in many temples of the period.