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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Figure
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Bes Figure

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period
Date722-332 BCE
MediumTeracotta
Credit LineGift of Deirdre E. Abrams '85 in memory of Mary Louise O'Connor
Dimensions4 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (12.1 x 9.3 cm)
Object number2005.079.003
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 2000 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Summer 2013
ProvenanceEx coll. Deirdre Abrams, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Bes Amulet
722-30 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Head
722-332 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Amulet
722-332 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Jar
30 BCE-323 CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Ithyphallic Bes
late 4th-3rd Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Amulet of Bes
1076-944 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Bes as a Roman Soldier
late 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Bes
305-30 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
Bes Amulet
1539-1077 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2010.
Intaglio with Bes-Pantheos
3rd Century CE
© Bruce M. White, 2010.
Intaglio with Bes
1st-2nd Century CE
© Bruce M. White, 2021.
Figure of a Baboon Playing a Lute
943-525 BCE