Bes amulet

Museum number:
5-7382
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Bes (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets and Bes
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7382, described as Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7382, described as Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7382, described as Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7382, described as Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7382, described as Amulet. Blue faience Bes. Figure stands on a base and has a tilted prop. Has slanted disengaged supporting “pillar”

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