sistra

One side shows his daughters and their mothers, all of whom carry sistra.

The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt 2009

The carved relief from this false door shows Nebet wearing a long scarf and carrying two cloth sacks and two sistra one of which is sticking out of the sack on the right.

Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

The exhibition catalog notes that "the sistra constitute undeniable evidence for a strong relationship between Crete and Egypt and of the influences exerted by Egypt on Minoan civilization."

Minoans in Manhattan 2008

Two of the most intriguing finds on display are sistra, Egyptian rattles, found at excavations on Crete.

Minoans in Manhattan 2008

She opened the sliding door of the secret room where the crown, sistra, necklaces and water-clock belonging to the Golden Goddess had been hidden.

The War of the Crowns Christian Jacq 2002

Behind and in front, musicians played Lydian airs on flutes and pipes, shook sistra with their little tinkling bells, and clanged great cymbals.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

The Ephesian Amazons are said to have danced with cymbals and sistra; but the weapon-dance is derived from one that I myself have witnessed, though done by men and boys — the Moslem "Khalifa."

The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

The two objects suspended from the belt between the heads recall Hathor's sistra 153

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

To him, perhaps, it has been given to listen to the voice of the ancient poet, heard as a far-off whisper; to breathe in forgotten gardens the perfume of long dead flowers; to contemplate the love of women whose beauty is all perished in the dust; to hearken to the sound of the harp and the sistra, to be the possessor of the riches of historical romance.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

Then they brought their collars, and their wands, and their sistra in their hands, and displayed them before his majesty; and they sang --

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897