Aurelia Prisca as Isis

Sa？etak The female portrait inside the medallion in the octagonal building in Diocletian’s Palace in Split has thus far been identified as Aurelia Prisca, the wife of Emperor Diocletian. Later the same image was identified as the goddess Tyche.1 The view is posited that this is in fact a portrayal of Prisca that was subsequently redesigned into the image of a goddess.2 I shall endeavour to show that the manner in which the hair was styled and the cylindrical object on the head point to the conclusion that this is a portrayal tied to Isis and Prisca