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

Bes Amulet

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period - Ptolemaic Period
Date722-30 BCE
MediumFaience
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions13/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in., 2 g (2 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm, 1/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.979
ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Amulet of Bes
1076-944 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Amulet
1076-332 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Amulet
722-332 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Amulet
722-332 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Bead
167 BCE-323 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Head
722-332 BCE
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Ithyphallic Bes
late 4th-3rd Century BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
Bes Amulet
1539-1077 BCE
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Bes
305-30 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Figure
722-332 BCE
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Bes as a Roman Soldier
late 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Bes Jar
30 BCE-323 CE