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Handcrafted Egyptian Sistrum – Sacred Musical Instrument of Goddess Hathor Handcrafted Replica Museum Quality.
Made in Egypt.

The sistrum was one of the symbols associated with the goddess (Hathor), and it was not just a musical instrument, but an important religious symbol associated with many religious myths in Pharaonic Egypt. The sistrum is known in the English language as (sistrum), which is derived from the Greek word (seiein), which means to shake or tremble. It was known in the hieroglyphic language as (sSSt). The first model of the sistrum appeared at the end of the Old Kingdom, during the era of King (Titi) of the kings of the Sixth Dynasty, and it is made of alabaster. sistrum in this form to form the name of the goddess (Hathor), where the sarcophagus or (Hwt) and the falcon Hor (Hr).

The shape of the sistrum took the form of development, and since the eighteenth dynasty a new form of sistrum appeared, where the upper part of the rectangular shape that represents the naos was replaced by a curved part in the form of a collar or arg, and this shape was known in the Egyptian language as (sxm), and this shape was closer What would be the form of the hieroglyphic sign (ankh anx), as it began to evolve after that, and forms associated with the goddess (Bastet) appeared, as the goddess (Bastet) appeared in many statues carrying in one of her hands a female figure and in the other hand a basket with her children, as she was associated with the goddess Isis of the Greco-Roman era.
The sistrum was depicted in many scenes in tombs and temples in the New Kingdom and the Late Period, whether in inscriptions related to the religious celebrations of the various gods or special royal occasions. In the Amarna era, the queen and some princesses were depicted holding the sistrum during the celebrations of the god (Aton). Several scenes were also depicted on the small gilded cabin of King Tutankhamun, in which the shahlila appeared, including a view of the queen (Ankh Sn Amun) carrying the shahlila and wearing the cow’s horns and the special sun disk The goddess Hathor. During the Greco-Roman eras, the use of the sistrum extended outside the borders of Egypt with the worship of the goddess Isis wherever it was found. The sistrum continued to be used during the Byzantine era inside churches in performing religious rituals.

Size:-
height. 27 cm

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