Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Bes as a Roman Soldier

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodRoman Period

Datelate 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions6 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 1 1/2 in., 157 g (16.2 x 8.1 x 3.8 cm, 5 9/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.365

Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (27 Juin 1974), lot 73.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, June 27, 1974, lot 73. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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