'Asēt
'Asēt (Isis) was an Egyptian goddess who was worshipped by many people in the ancient world, including the Nabateans. The Nabateans were an Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant, and who established a prosperous trading kingdom with its capital at Petra. Isis was one of the foreign deities that the Nabateans adopted into their polytheistic religion, along with Baalshamin, Tyche and Dionysus. Isis was revered as a goddess of magic, healing, motherhood and protection. She was often depicted with a throne on her head, a solar disk between horns, or wings. She was sometimes associated with the goddesses Allat and Atargatis by the Nabateans. Isis had a temple in Petra, where she was worshipped by both locals and foreigners. She also had shrines in other Nabatean cities, such as Hegra and Bosra. Isis was popular among the Nabatean women, who invoked her for fertility and childbirth. She was also patroness of sailors and merchants, who sought her blessing for their journeys.