ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Bes as a 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
Label TextAfter the defeat of Cleopatra VII by Octavian (the future Augustus Caesar) in 30 BCE, Egypt became one of Rome's wealthiest provinces and was closely connected to the wider empire. As people, goods, and ideas moved across the Roman world, new artistic styles and media mixed with established Egyptian cultural expressions. Egyptian gods, like Bes, began to take on forms that blended Egyptian, Greek, and Roman elements.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.
Status
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- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
30 BCE-323 CE
332 BCE-642 CE
ca. 1st Century CE
ca. 2nd Century CE
305 BCE-323 CE
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
3rd Century CE
1539-1077 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
c. 353-332 BCE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
