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Source Description
Depicted with cow features, the goddess Hathor was associated with sexuality, motherhood, and music. This sistrum, or rattle, is a masterwork of Egyptian faience, which is particularly fitting, as Hathor was also known as "mistress of faience."
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Document identity
localId
18835
label
Naos-sistrum
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
18835
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Naos-sistrum
description
Depicted with cow features, the goddess Hathor was associated with sexuality, motherhood, and music. This sistrum, or rattle, is a masterwork of Egyptian faience, which is particularly fitting, as Hathor was also known as "mistress of faience."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 580-525 BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
sistra
rattles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.4
height
7.8
depth
3.6
dimensionsRaw
6 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 3/8 in. (15.4 x 7.8 x 3.6 cm);mount: 1 13/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (4.5 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with glaze
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
850
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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4917efa6adff47f1
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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aa12b800615c3abe
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no
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no