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SISTRUM (Gr. veia'rpov, Ger. Rappel)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 161 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SISTRUM (Gr. veia'rpov, Ger. Rappel) , an ancient Egyptian
instrument
  of percussion of indefinite musical pitch, a kind of metal rattle. The
sistrum
  consists of a metal
frame
  in the shape of an egg, fastened to a handle, frequently surmounted by a grotesque head or by a figure of the sacred lioness Sekhet. The
frame
  is crossed by four metal
horizontal
  rods passing through holes large enough to allow them to rattle when the
sistrum
  is shaken, the rods being prevented from slipping out altogether by little metal stops in the shape of a
leaf
 ; sometimes metal rings are threaded over the rods to increase the jingling. The sistrum is played also by beating it with a metal stick. This ancient
instrument
  was extensively used by the priests in the temple of Isis to attract the attention of worshippers to different parts of the
ritual
 . The Egyptians attributed to it, as well as to the tambourine, the power of dispersing and terrifying evil spirits and more especially the
Typhon
 . Queen Cleopatra' made use of a large number of sistra at the battle of
Actium
  (31 B.C.), and accordingly the instrument was satirically called Queen Cleopatra's war
trumpet
 . (K. S.)


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