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<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)
Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)
<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)

<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view02.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view02.jpg)

<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1098E_NegID_37.955E_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1098E_NegID_37.955E_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.955E_37.957E_37.1027E_37.1032E_37.1098E_GrpB_SL4.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.955E_37.957E_37.1027E_37.1032E_37.1098E_GrpB_SL4.jpg)

<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.955E_37.992E_37.1074E_37.1092E_37.1098E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.955E_37.992E_37.1074E_37.1092E_37.1098E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.955E_37.922E_37.1074E_37.1092E_37.1098E_NegID_37.955E_GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.955E_37.922E_37.1074E_37.1092E_37.1098E_NegID_37.955E_GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

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Bes Amulet

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 334–332 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Late Period
    DIMENSIONS 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1098E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Pale brownish green glazed faience figure of Bes squatting, with his legs drawn up and his hands on his knees, upon a flat plinth. The god has pendant breasts. Condition: Headdress and top of back pillar not preserved; incrustation in hollows.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg., 2020
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    <em>Bes Amulet</em>, 334–332 B.C.E. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg)

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Egypt
    faience
    glazed
    late period
    Bes
    seated
    statue
    New York Historical Society Collection
    Diety

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Egypt
    faience
    glazed
    late period
    Bes
    seated
    statue
    New York Historical Society Collection
    Diety

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