Sistrum in Naos form with depiction of the goddess Hathor, Faience, hand modeled, pressed into the form, Faience, Quartz ceramics, Total: Height: 17 cm; Width: 7 cm; Depth: 2.7 cm, Musical instruments, ritual objects and accessories, Temples and sanctuaries (Egyptian religion), Head, face, antiquity, The sistrum is a rattle that was used in the cult in Egypt and Mesopotamia This faience sistrum has an identical design on both sides: Above the head of the goddess Hathor - recognizable by her cow ears - rises a slender construction (naos) with a hollow at the top and a Uraeus snake on the threshold. On the sides, volutes rise, their snails are inserted into the hollow at the top. The inside of the naos appears as a rectangular slit in which the rattle discs could move. Three holes for the rattle bars are inserted in the sides. On the flat upper side there might have been a figurative attachment. The base of the rounded handle can be seen at the bottom.

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Caption: Sistrum in Naos form with depiction of the goddess Hathor, Faience, hand modeled, pressed into the form, Faience, Quartz ceramics, Total: Height: 17 cm; Width: 7 cm; Depth: 2.7 cm, Musical instruments, ritual objects and accessories, Temples and sanctuaries (Egyptian religion), Head, face, antiquity, The sistrum is a rattle that was used in the cult in Egypt and Mesopotamia This faience sistrum has an identical design on both sides: Above the head of the goddess Hathor - recognizable by her cow ears - rises a slender construction (naos) with a hollow at the top and a Uraeus snake on the threshold. On the sides, volutes rise, their snails are inserted into the hollow at the top. The inside of the naos appears as a rectangular slit in which the rattle discs could move. Three holes for the rattle bars are inserted in the sides. On the flat upper side there might have been a figurative attachment. The base of the rounded handle can be seen at the bottom.

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Image size: 2941 × 4320 px | 36.3 MB

Print size: 24.9 × 36.6 cm | 1157.9 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ACCESSORIES • ACCESSORY • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT WORLD • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • BACKSIDE • BASE • BOTTOM • BUTT • COW EARS • CULT • DEPICTION • DEPTH • EGYPT • EGYPTE • EGYPTIAN GODDESS HATHOR • EGYPTIAN RELIGION • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • FACE • FAIENCE SISTRUM • FAIENCE • FIGURATIVE ATTACHMENT • FLAT UPPER SIDE • FORM • GODDESS HATHOR • HAND MODELED • HATHOR, GODDESS • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HOLLOW • IDENTICAL DESIGN • INSERTED • INSIDE • INSIDES • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • MIGHT • MOVE • MUSIC INSTRUMENTS • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS • MUSICAL_INSTRUMENTS • NAOS FORM • NAOS • PRESSED • QUARTZ CERAMICS • RATTLE BARS • RATTLE DISCS • RATTLE • RECOGNIZABLE • RECTANGULAR SLIT • RISES • RITUAL OBJECTS • ROUNDED HANDLE • SANCTUARIES • SERPENT: URAEUS • SIDES • SISTRUM • SLENDER CONSTRUCTION • SNAILS • SNAKE: URAEUS • TEMPLES • THREE HOLES • THRESHOLD • TOP • URAEUS SNAKE • URAEUS SNAKE, COBRA • VISAGE • VOLUTES RISE