Look up sistrum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sistrum (plural: sistra or (in Latin) sīstra; from the Greek σεῖστρον seistron of the same meaning;...

portrayed with the sistrum. This is in allusion to his mother Hathor who was associated with the instrument. Ihy's symbols are the sistrum and a necklace...

imagery of Bat persisted throughout the history of ancient Egypt on the sistrum, a sacred instrument that remained associated with religious practices...

from alabaster. The goddess was sometimes depicted holding a ceremonial sistrum in one hand and an aegis in the other—the aegis usually resembling a collar...

(nbt-t3wy) Lady of the Rattle and Mistress of the Sistrum Prophetess of Hathor Princess-child of Horus [Sistrum player] of Mut Chantress of Mut Menit player...

1842 Ricinula undata (Dillwyn, 1817) Sistrum indica Nevill & Nevill, 1875 Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817) Sistrum undatum var. kieneri Dautzenberg & Fischer...

commonly carried a sistrum or a menat necklace. The sistrum came in two varieties: a simple loop shape or the more complex naos sistrum, which was shaped...

& Laauwb) Tabl Nasayfi (Khamari & Laauwb) Al Ras Mazhar Shakhshikhah (Sistrum) Sajat Turah (Egyptian Sajat) Twaysat (Gulf Sajat) Krakebs Hawan Yahalah/Jahalah...

the ancient Egyptian sistrum. Others[who?] do not go quite so far, referring to the triangle as being "allied" with the sistrum throughout history, but...

Statue of syncretic Goddess Persephone - Isis with a sistrum, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete...

of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt. The nome was referred to as Sesheshet (Sistrum). The main city was referred to as Hu(t)-sekhem (Ancient Egyptian: Ḥw.t-Sḫm)...

Hermopolis, the wife of Thoth. Her depictions are anthropomorph, with a sistrum-shaped headdress, often with a child in her lap. Wörterbuch, II., p.297...

cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. The sistrum was a rattle-like musical instrument that was especially important in religious...

a Hathor head. Two kinds of sistrum are attested, naos-shaped and hoop-shaped; the latter became the more common. Sistrum decorated with a Hathor face;...

include nine lyres (the Lyres of Ur), two harps, a silver double flute, a sistrum and cymbals. A set of reed-sounded silver pipes discovered in Ur was the...

sometimes represented the sistrum, a musical rattle that was sacred to Hathor and was carried by her priestesses. The sistrum had a metal loop with jingles...

and shares its root with the ancient Egyptian musical instrument, the sistrum, a type of rattle.[citation needed] Three species are currently recognized...

helmet, lance, drum, belt, breastplate Mars 4th Leo (lion) Batillum, sistrum, laurel wreath, thunderbolt Jupiter 5th Perses (Persian) Hooked sword,...

Distinctively Roman statue of Isis holding a sistrum and a situla...

underworld, grain, and spring Statue of syncretic Persephone-Isis with a sistrum. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete Abode The underworld Symbol Pomegranate...

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provinces, perhaps a Genius (1st century BC – 1st century AD) Isis holding sistrum and oinochoe (Roman marble, reign of Hadrian) Isis, Serapis, the child...

are equal in size to those of Ramesses II. Nefertari is shown holding a sistrum. She wears a long sheet dress and she is depicted with a long wig, Hathoric...

after-life. Rattles were viewed as sacred and became the forerunners of the sistrum. The earliest Egyptian rattles were ovular and made of pottery. During...

Egyptian Archaeology, London Limestone relief fragment. A princess holding sistrum behind Nefertiti, who is partially seen. Reign of Akhenaten. From Amarna...

"Hwt-Sekhem"/Diospolis Parva) and as the chief goddess of the Mansion of the Sistrum in that district. Seth's cult persisted even into the latter days of ancient...

with a sistrum, a rattle-like musical instrument, who has his mouth wide open, and may be singing. This is the only known depiction of a sistrum in Minoan...

appear on some of the figurines of this type, such as a lotus crown and sistrum, along with the fact that they were produced in Egypt, has led scholars...

links between Isis and Hathor, Isis took on Hathor's attributes, such as a sistrum rattle and a headdress of cow horns enclosing a sun disk. Sometimes both...

light. Horus represented as a child with the unified Egyptian crown, and sistrum. The winged sun of Horus of Edfu is a symbol in associated with divinity...