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- sistrum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sistrum (plural: sistra or (in Latin) sīstra; from the Gr**** σεῖστρον seistron of the same meaning; literally...
- harps, lyres, and sistra in Hathor's honor. The sistrum, a rattle-like instrument, was particularly important in Hathor's worship. Sistra had erotic connotations...
- appears in a scene next to a year 1 stela. She is depicted shaking two sistra before Taweret, Thoth, and Nut. Nefertari is an important presence in the...
- Chankana Ganzá Hosho Maracas Maracitos Katsa Chajchas Rainstick Kashaka Sistra In Ancient Egypt, rattles were used during funerary rituals to signify regeneration...
- each of these objects. Some other objects, such as libation vessels and sistra, were also shaped like the sign. The sign appeared very commonly in the...
- used in early Mesopotamia: concussion clubs, clappers, sistra, bells, cymbals, and rattles. Sistra are depicted prominently in a great relief of Amenhotep...
- ****ociated with Hathor, the goddess of love, such as lotus flowers, monkeys, and sistra. The scroll was probably painted in the Ramesside period (1292-1075 BC)...
- shrine of Merneptah. A scene depicts Ramesses II, Queen Isetnofret with sistra before Taweret (as a hippopotamus), Thoth and Nut. A daughter of her son...
- A leather painting depicting Ethiopian Orthodox Debteras playing sistra and a drum....
- blessing Ramesses in the Small Temple at Abu Simbel Nefertari offering sistra to seated goddess Hathor. Frieze inside the Small Temple. Ramesses offering...