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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Ithyphallic Bes
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Ithyphallic Bes

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPtolemaic Period
Datelate 4th-3rd Century BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions5 1/4 x 3 5/16 x 1 3/8 in., 187 g (13.3 x 8.4 x 3.5 cm, 6 5/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.732
ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.
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
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Bes
305-30 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Jar
30 BCE-323 CE
© 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
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
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Figure
722-332 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
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Pendant in the Form of a Ithyphallic Grotesque
1st-2nd Century CE