Ngaba iyimfihlakalo i-sistro yase-Egypt evula amasango kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu?

Kweminye, i-sistro isebenza njengendawo yokungena nokuphuma ukusuka kwenye indawo iye kwenye isetyenziswa ngoothixo (ii-portals), kuba ibonakala kufutshane 'neminyango yobuxoki' yeetempile zakudala zase-Egypt. Oku kukhokelele kwinkolelo yokuba le nto yenziwe ngoothixo base-Egypt yayinamandla okuvula i-portals.

Esinye sezixhobo zomculo ezingcwele kwiYiputa yamandulo yayiyi-sistro, esetyenziselwa kungekuphela nje ukucula iingoma ezithile kodwa kunye neenjongo zonqulo. Kwakukholelwa ukuba inezinto zobugqi kwaye inokubangxenga izithixo eziyingozi kwaye iphucule imozulu. Makhe sijonge kwimbali kunye nentsingiselo yesi sixhobo sikhethekileyo.

I-sistro kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo kwi-Egypt yamandulo

Ekuqaleni, isistro yayisisixhobo esisetyenziswa ngoothixo, sinokubonakala ezandleni zoothixokazi uIsis noBastet, kodwa ubukhulu becala inxulunyaniswa noHathor oqwalaselwa phakathi kweminye imiba njengothixo wesibhakabhaka, owaziwa njenge “lady weenkwenkwezi ”kunye“ noMongami ”weenkwenkwezi“ ezinxulunyaniswe nenkwenkwezi yaseSyria, kunye nommeli wemvelaphi yoothixo base-Egypt.

Ukongeza, njengesixhobo somlingo, i-sistro yayisetyenziswa ngokusesikweni nangokusisigxina kunqulo lwesithixokazi uHathor, njengoko sasivuyisa uvuyo, umthendeleko, ukuchuma, kwaye yayinguthixokazi wokwenza inkanuko kunye nomdaniso. Imizobo yothixokazi uHathor yafunyanwa iphethe isistro esingcwele.

Ngaba iyimfihlakalo i-sistro yase-Egypt evula amasango kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu? 1
U-Nefertari, umfazi kaRamesses II, ephethe i-sistrum. ©️ Wikimedia Commons

Kwangokunjalo, ama-Egypt asebenzisa i-sistro ukugqobhoza uMlambo umNayile kwaye azame ukuwuthintela ukuba ungaphuphumi ziibhanki zawo kwaye ubangele izikhukula ezonakalisa umhlaba wezolimo. Ngapha koko, kwakukholelwa ukuba isandi esikhutshwa sesi sixhobo sasisoyikisa uSeth, uthixo wentlango, ngoqhwithela, ubundlobongela nokuphazamiseka.

Ukongeza, isithixokazi uIsis kwindima yakhe njengomdali kunye nomama wayemelwe ephethe i-emele eyayifanekisela izikhukula zomNayile ngesandla esinye kunye nesistro. Le nto yomculo ibaluleke kakhulu kwizithethe zonqulo ezenziwa ngabantu abazinikeleyo eJiphutha.

ISistro njengesixhobo somculo

I-sistro sisixhobo esidala kakhulu somculo, esimile ngesaphetha okanye ngehashe, kwaye siqulathe amacwecwe esinyithi afakwe kwiintonga. Xa ishukunyiswa ngamandla, yenza isandi esifana nesomoya ovuthuza ngeengcongolo. Yile ndlela ama-Egypt namanye amasiko akuMbindi Mpuma ayichaze ngayo.

Igama elithi sistro livela kwigama lesiGrike elithi sinio, elithetha ukungcangcazela. Isixhobo sasibizwa ngegama lesithandathu, igama elibhekisa kwinto eshukunyiswayo. Njengesixhobo sokudlala sosapho lwe-idiophone, sikudidi olunye nezinye izixhobo ezaziwayo, ezinjengeentsimbi, ii-castanet kunye nee-maraca.

ISistro kunye nentsingiselo yokomfuziselo

Kwisincoko sakhe esithi "Kwi-Isis nase-Osiris", umbhali-mbali ongumGrike uPlutarch ubalaselisa indima ebalulekileyo eyadlalwa sistro kunqulo lwase-Egypt. Ayisetyenziswanga nje kuphela njengesixhobo somculo, kodwa yayinombongo onzulu nonamandla womfuziselo.

UPlutarch ubonakalisa ukuba ukushukuma kwe-sistro ukuvelisa isandi kufanekisela inyani yokuba zonke izinto ezikhoyo kufuneka zishukunyiswe ukuze bavuke basebenze. Intshukumo yinto engenakuze iphazanyiswe zizinto zokuphuma kwimeko yokozela kwaye ikhule.

Ngapha koko, kusetyenziswa isistro, kwenziwa iinzame zokulawula nokuxolisa amandla endalo awonakalisayo. Yayiyindlela yokuphembelela oothixo, nokuba bayamkholisa, banqula okanye boyike kwaye baphikise. Ayinakulinga ukuba ithi i-sistro yayiluhlobo lwento enquliweyo okanye ikhubalo.

Isandi sesixhobo sasithathwa njengokukhusela kunye nomfuziselo. Yayinxulumene nentsikelelo kaThixo nengcamango yokuzalwa ngokutsha, kungekuphela nje ngentsingiselo yokomfuziselo yesandi sayo kodwa nangokwakheka nokuhonjiswa kwento edityaniswe nezithixo.

Isistro yase-Egypt

Ngaba iyimfihlakalo i-sistro yase-Egypt evula amasango kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu? 2
UHathor ukwindima yakhe njengendodakazi evukelayo kaRe, ukuba aconjululwe ngumculo kunye nomdaniso. Ngokusekwe kwisiphumo esiqinisekisiweyo sesixhobo, i-sistrum yayisuka kuBukumkani obutsha ukuya phambili, sisixhobo esixolile kwaye sanelisa nawuphi na uthixo, nokuba ngowasetyhini njengoHathor, okanye indoda. Kwitempile ka-Amun-Re eKarnak, isistrum esimile njenge-noas yayiyeyona nto iphambili kunqulo, mhlawumbi ngokudibanisa noHathor. © ️ itreyiputha

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, zimbini iindlela zesi sixhobo somthendeleko ezinokwahlulwa, eyona indala yeyona 'sistrum naos' eyayinentloko kaHathor kwaye ibekwe kwindawo encinci okanye kwibhokisi emile njengee naos (igumbi elingaphakathi letempile. ezo zakha inani lenkolo). Intloko kaHathor ihlala iboniswa kwi-hilt, kubandakanya iipondo ezimbini zeenkomo kuyilo (uHathor uchazwa njengethikazikazi wenkomo).

Ngexesha lamaGrike namaRoma, uhlobo lwesibini lwesistro lwathandwa. Eyaziwa ngokuba yi-sekhem okanye i-sekham, le sistro yayinesakhiwo esilula esimise okwe-arch, esihlala senziwe ngesinyithi. I-sekhem yayijongeka ngathi lihashe elivaliweyo elinomqheba omde, libonisa ukhululekile, uwele imivalo yentsimbi ngaphezulu kwentloko kaHathor.

Isistro inemagnum kunye nesakhiwo esime setyhula esenziwe ngobhedu, ubhedu, ukhuni okanye udongwe. Iihupu ezincinci zingene kwiibhloko ezinqamlezileyo, kwaye xa isixhobo sijika, sivelisa isandi esidibanisa ukukhwaza okukhulu kunye nesingqi esithambileyo.

I-sistro eyayisetyenziswa kwi-Egypt yakudala yayinesimo esisiseko esifana ne-ankh yase-Egypt okanye umnqamlezo, kwaye ikhuphe ubuso kunye neempondo zenkomo. Kwiindawo ezininzi zamandulo, abafazi kunye nababingeleli abakhulu babonwa bephethe i-sistro.

Isixhobo esinezinto eziyimfihlakalo kunye nenkolo

Kubonakala kuninzi lweprints kunye nemizobo kwi-Egypt iphela. Ngaphakathi kwitempile kaHathor, le artifact inokufumaneka ecaleni kweLamp okanye iBulb Dendera, emelwe kwii-sistros ezine ezibonakala ngathi zinxulumene namandla, ukungcangcazela kunye nohlobo oluthile lobuchwephesha bezinyanya.

Olunye utoliko olungaqhelekanga lude luchaze i-sistro kunye nokungena nokuphuma kwenye indawo isiya kwenye isetyenziswa ngoothixo, kuba ibonwa kwiminyango yobuxoki yeetempile zakudala zase-Egypt, oku kunokubonwa eKarnak, apho kukho isakhiwo seminyango esixhenxe. kunye nesistro eboniswe ecaleni. Oko kuphakamisa inkxalabo: ngaba le nto igcinwe ngoothixo bamandulo base-Egypt babenamandla okuvula amasango?

Okwangoku, imizobo kunye neerekhodi zinokufunyanwa zibonisa ababingeleli baseIsis okanye abancedisi babo bephethe i-sistro. Abanye abaphandi babonisa ukuba isandi sabo singasetyenziselwa ukungena kwindawo ezothukileyo apho abapristikazi kunye nababingeleli banokuthi "baxoxe" okanye banxibelelane nabantu abakwiminye imilinganiselo yokuqonda.

Ngaba iyimfihlakalo i-sistro yase-Egypt evula amasango kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu? 3
INaos Sistrum enegama lika-Apries 589-570 BC ©️ Wikimedia Commons

I-sistro yaqhubeka isetyenziswa e-Egypt emva kokunyamalala koofaro. Kwinkcubeko yamaGrike, ii-sistros zazisetyenziswa, kodwa ayizizo zonke ekufuneka zidlalwe. Endaweni yoko, badlale indima yomfuziselo kumadini, kwiminyhadala nakwimingcwabo.

Namhlanje, i-sistrum isasetyenziswa kwizithethe kwiicawa zaseCoptic nase-Ethiopia. Idlalwa ngexesha lomdaniso we-debtera (iimvumi) kwiminyhadala ebalulekileyo yecawa. Kwakhona ngamanye amaxesha kufumaneka kunqulo lwe-Neopagan kunye nemikhuba.

Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, i-sistro yinto engummangaliso kwaye iyimfihlakalo, ephinda iqinisekise ukuba ama-Egypt ayiyimpucuko egcwele iimfihlelo kunye namabali.