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Sistrum

54-33-5

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 54-33-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Section Egyptian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Hathor
Description

Complete but with break in the frame. Both the rods are preserved with two discs on the upper, and one disc on the lower rod. On both sides of the top of the handle is the head of Hathor with cow-ears, without any insignia. One vertical line of inscription on the front of the handle, with the hieroglyphs neatly incised, the surface now decayed.

Length 37.8 cm
Width 8.1 cm
Depth 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Leonard Epstein, 1954
Other Number 1199-200 - Other Number

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