Definition of Sistrum. Meaning of Sistrum. Synonyms of Sistrum

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Definition of Sistrum

Sistrum
Sistrum Sis"trum, [L., fr. Gr. ???, from ??? to shake.] (Mus.) An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.

Meaning of Sistrum from wikipedia

- Look up sistrum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sistrum (plural: sistra or (in Latin) sīstra; from the Gr**** σεῖστρον seistron of the same meaning;...
- portra**** with the sistrum. This is in allusion to his mother Hathor who was ****ociated 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 ****ociated 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...
- 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...
- 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)...
- 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 ****phone - Isis with a sistrum, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete...
- 1842 Ricinula undata (Dillwyn, 1817) Sistrum indica Nevill & Nevill, 1875 Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817) Sistrum undatum var. kieneri Dautzenberg & Fischer...
- 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...