Bes
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Object Label
The Egyptians worked with gold and semiprecious stones from earliest times. They mined both types of material in the desert east of the Nile and in present-day Sudan, called “Nubia” in ancient times after the ancient Egyptian word for gold (nub). Clearly, objects made from these high-value materials were available only to the highest ranks of society.
Caption
Bes, 664–30 B.C.E.. Gold, 1 1/2 x 9/16 x 1/16 in. (3.8 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.208. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.208_front_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Bes
Date
664–30 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 30, or later
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Thebes (Deir el-Bahri), Egypt
Medium
Gold
Classification
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 9/16 x 1/16 in. (3.8 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
08.480.208
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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