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Definition of Sistrums

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 Sistrums from wikipedia

- decorated. Broken Egyptian Sistrum Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, holding a sekhem-type sistrum Egyptian Sistrum Collection of sistrums at the Louvre Walters...
- 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...
- (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...
- cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. The sistrum was a rattle-like musical instrument that was especially important in religious...
- 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...
- 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;...
- 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 dead, grain, and spring Statue of syncretic ****phone-Isis with a sistrum. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete Abode The underworld Symbol Pomegranate...
- bongos on "Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw", tabla, kanjira and sistrums on "Desert Search for Techno Allah", jaw harp and percussion on "Violenzia...