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<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)
Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)
<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view02.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view02.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_NegID_37.583E_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_NegID_37.583E_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_pqg.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_pqg.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view03.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view03.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.583E_37.584E_37.586E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.583E_37.584E_37.586E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.586E_37.583E_37.584E_NegID_37.584E_GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.586E_37.583E_37.584E_NegID_37.584E_GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view04.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view04.jpg)

<em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view05.jpg)

Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view05.jpg)

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Sistrum Handle

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 305-30 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
    DIMENSIONS 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.584E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Handle from a bronze sistrum. The upper part of the handle is in the form of two back-to-back Hathor heads (human with cow’s ears but without wig). Condition: Hole in handle through which core is visible; corrosion around hole and on face. Numerous scratches.
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    CAPTION Sistrum Handle, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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    <em>Sistrum Handle</em>, 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/8 × 2 × 5/8 in. (13 × 5.1 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.584E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.584E_view01.jpg)

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    bronze
    Egypt
    handle
    Musical Instrument
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Ptolemaic Period
    sistrum

    TAGS

    bronze
    Egypt
    handle
    Musical Instrument
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Ptolemaic Period
    sistrum

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