Bes Amulet

Medium: Faience

Geograhical Locations:

• Egypt

Dates:334–332 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number: 37.1098E

Image: CUR.37.1098E_view01.jpg,

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.

Brooklyn Museum