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Sistrum decorated with the figure of a cat

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A sistrum surmounted by an image of a lying cat nursing two kittens. Across the top of the instrument are four bars with curved extremities. On its sides are relief figures of a wheat stalk on a crescent moon (right side) and a solar disk with two plumes, also on a crescent moon (left side). The cylindrical handle expands towards the extremity, where it ends in a sort of spherical button.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

5641

Dating

ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

OUTSIDE EGYPT

Category

SISTRUM

Material

BRONZE

Technique

METAL-TECHNIQUE

Height

23.7 cm

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