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Definition of Sistrum
1. Noun. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sistrum
1. an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument [n -TRUMS or -TRA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sistrum
Literary usage of Sistrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"The sistrum was the sacred instrument par excellence, and belonged as peculiarly to
... The British Museum possesses an excellent specimen of the sistrum, ..."
2. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"The most interesting sistrum I have seen is one brought to England by Mr. ...
Mr. Burton's sistrum is one foot four and a half inches high, ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... cymbals, trumpets, and guitars, are seen in the 18th, and the national
instrument, the jingling sistrum, in tho 4th. Many of the instruments are of ..."
4. A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins: From the Earliest by John Yonge Akerman (1834)
"Bust of Isis, crowned by the lotus-flower; sometimes holding the sistrum.—Rev.
Same legend. Isis standing, holding the sistrum and the fan. 18. Same legend. ..."
5. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... temples and the hieroglyphs appear to O have been always coloured, and sistrum
added additional charm to the or rituals were also often embellished with ..."
6. Thrice-greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis by Hermes (1906)
"Now the sistrum has a curved top, and its arch contains the four [things] ...
And on the arch of the sistrum, at the top, they put the metal figure of a cat ..."
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