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

Bes Amulet

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period
Date722-332 BCE
MediumOplaized bone
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions1 3/8 x 5/8 x 1/2 in., 18 g (3.5 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm, 5/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.573
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel de Ventes du Prado, Marseille, Monnaies - Archeologie Objets de Fouilles (31 Mars 1973), lot 131.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 17.
Terms
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, France, March 31, 1973, lot 131. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art