Wooden Hathor column for a shrine 343 B.C. or before Late Period The Hathor emblem is closely associated with the sistrum: the frontal face with cow ears of the emblem frequently wears the sound box of a naos sistrum as its headdress. In architecture the emblem/sistrum inspires a particular form of a column or pillar with the Hathor emblem as its capital. This wooden piece seems to be an element from a very small column. It has a face on only one side, the back is blank. The divine face wears a staight wig, with two thicker gatherings of hair over her forehead on either side of the part region. The remains of cow ears can be seen stretching out to the side of the temples. The goddess face is very angular, wide at the cheeks, peaked over the forehead, and flat at the jaws and again at the chin. She has long narrow eyes and her brows slant down toward the temples. Although eroded over much of its surface, the piece was originally very finely carved and polished. On the bottom of the piec