Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

 

Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

 

Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

 

Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

E25

Egyptian bronze ritual sistrum fragment

 £350

 

The upper handle section of a bronze ritual sistrum decorated on either side with an aegis and the head of the goddess Hathor. One side retains a Uraeus serpent and the top retains the lower body of a seated cat sacred to the goddess Bastet.

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 730-332 BC

Fragment as shown

Size: 8.1 x 5.6 cms

Ex. private collection, Wiltshire, UK.
 
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