Credit: Alensha
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955. Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: CC0 1.0
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Comments: Sistrum (rattle). ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Credit: Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Edmundo Lassalle Gift, 1968. Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: CC0 1.0
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Comments: Sistrum of the Chantress Tapenu. ca. 1186–600 BC. New Kingdom–Late Period
From AmTrac Music:
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21. MENAANEIM, "cymbals," 2 Samuel 6:5. Probably the sistrum. The Hebrew word means to shake. The sistrum was generally about sixteen or eighteen inches long, occasionally inlaid with silver, and being held upright, was shaken, the rings moving to and fro on the bars.
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