A sistrum surmounted by an image of a lying cat nursing two kittens

 Sistrum decorated with the figure of a cat

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

Bibliography

• N. Genaille, Le sistre Strozzi (à propos des objets cultuels isiaques en Italie, BSFE, 77-78, pgg. 55-67.
• AA.VV., Iside, il mito il mistero la magia, Milano, 1997, pg. 487, n. V 144.

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