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Egyptian Collection/HK : Bronze Sistrum Handle Top
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Bronze Sistrum Handle Top - FZ.025
Origin: Gaza, Palestine
Circa: 600
BC
to 700
BC
Dimensions:
2" (5.1cm) high
x 1.75" (4.4cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Saite Period
Medium: Bronze
Additional Information: HK
£3,000.00
Location: UAE
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The sistrum was a musical rattle associated with
the cult of Isis. This exquisite fragment would
have fit above the handle and connected to the
looped support for the horizontal clapper bars.
The gentle face of the nurturing goddess
Hathor--identified by her cow's ears--smiles
out at us serenely. If we close our eyes, we can
perhaps hear the rhythmic beat of a thousand
such instruments, filling the cool air of some
long ago evening.
Hathor, in ancient Egyptian religion, goddess of the
sky, of women, and of fertility and love. Hathor's
worship originated in early dynastic times (3rd
millennium bce). ... In her cult centre at Dandarah in
Upper Egypt, she was worshipped with Horus.
Hathor was one of several goddesses believed to
assist deceased souls in the afterlife. ... Because the
sky goddess—either Nut or Hathor—assisted Ra in
his daily rebirth, she had an important part in
Egyptian afterlife beliefs, according to which
deceased humans were reborn like the sun god.
Hathor possesses the ability to manipulate any man
or woman, whether they be mortal, god or beast to
do her bidding. When she uses such an ability, her
eyes will glow a brief gold and she will say "I
command you
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