Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Sistrum
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An ancient Egyptian sistrum with a loop and wires to produce sound.
This image depicts a bronze sistrum, a musical instrument from ancient Egypt. The sistrum has a looped top section with three horizontal wires, typical of the instrument, used to create a rattling sound. The handle is elongated, and the metalwork shows intricate craftsmanship. The top of the sistrum features a small decorative element, possibly representing a deity or sacred animal.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243609 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545681 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.