Bes figure

Museum number:
6-21543
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
899
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)?; C.8 Cemetery VIII
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Bes (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bes and Figurines
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bes figure, accession number 6-21543, described as Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bes figure, accession number 6-21543, described as Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bes figure, accession number 6-21543, described as Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bes figure, accession number 6-21543, described as Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bes figure, accession number 6-21543, described as Small green Bes. Date uncertain. Perhaps Ptolemaic.

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