Fragment of a sistrum in the shape of a Hathor head
Faience, Egypt, Saite period, 688-525 BCE
Ex coll., Carnarvon Collection
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (MMA 26.7.988)
Fragment of a sistrum in the shape of a Hathor head
Faience, Egypt, Saite period, 688-525 BCE
Ex coll., Carnarvon Collection
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (MMA 26.7.988)
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The following sistrum is also from the Saite period: "The faience sistrum and menat on the upper tables both bear the royal name Wahibre, which could be either Psamtik I or Apries. Such items were probably votive offerings donated to temples."
  
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