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Definition of Sistrums
1. sistrum [n] - See also: sistrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sistrums
Literary usage of Sistrums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1836)
"In the Royal collection at Berlin, there are two sistrums ; these, however, ...
120, where it is observed that " many sistrums are pres,'ived in the ..."
2. Pompeii: Its Life and Art by August Mau, Francis Willey Kelsey (1899)
"Among the ornamental forms are many of Egyptian origin, as figures of Egyptian
priests, sistrums, sphinxes, and creatures of the Nile, whence we infer that ..."
3. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"5, we find D'J^JD rendered cornets, which are wind instruments resembling the
trumpets, but the best Hebrew scholars render it sistrums. ..."
4. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"I executed for him the offering-tables, — (shm-) sistrums and (ssy 1-) sistrums,
necklace-rattles (mny-wt), censers, ..."