Faience Sistrum Inscribed with the Name of Ptolemy I
Ptolemaic Period
Sistra were musical instruments associated especially with the cult of great goddesses, including Hathor, Isis, Bastet, and others. Faience examples bearing a royal name appear to have been temple offerings.
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