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| Keywords: Egyptian - Sistrum - Walters 541207 - Three Quarter.jpg The sistrum is a musical rattling instrument that was popular in the cult of the goddess Hathor Called a seshsehet in Egyptian the name imitates the swishing sound the small metal disks made when the instrument was shaken Priestesses and royal women participating in rituals and ceremonies at temples and shrines played the sistrum The face of the goddess Hathor is depicted with cow ears on the handle of the rattle ca 380 250 BC Late Period-early Greco-Roman bronze cm 36 3 accession number 54 1207 7412 Maurice Nahman Cairo and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Sistra Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
