The handle is gigantic, while the upper part of the instrument is unduly reduced.

This notion so pleased the Egyptian fancy that architects did not hesitate to combine the sistrum design with elements borrowed from other orders.

The four heads of Hathor placed above a campaniform capital, furnished Nectenebo with a composite type for his pavilion at Philae (fig.
72).

I cannot say that the compound is very satisfactory, but the column is in reality less ugly than it appears in engravings.
[Illustration: Fig.

72 .-- Campaniform and Hathor-headed capital, Philae.] [Illustration: Fig.