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I-sistrum kwakuyinsimbi yasendulo yaseGibhithe eyayisetshenziswa emikhubeni yokukhonza onkulunkulukazi uHathor, u-Isis noBastet. Leli thuluzi lalinomumo ofana nophawu lwe-Ankh futhi lalihlanganisa isibambo kanye nenani lezingxenye zensimbi, okwakuthi lapho zinyakaziswa, zikhiphe umsindo wesici.

Onkulunkulukazi u-Isis no-Bastet bavame ukuvezwa bephethe enye yalezi zinsimbi. AbaseGibhithe babesebenzisa lolu phawu ukuze babonise izigcawu zomdanso nemikhosi. Kukhona ne-hieroglyph ngesimo se-sistra.