Bes amulet

Museum number:
5-7393
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007393
Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
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 5-7393, described as Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7393, described as Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7393, described as Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7393, described as Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bes amulet, accession number 5-7393, described as Amulet. Flat head of Bes crowned with feather crown. Green faience. Front only is modeled. Laterally pierced at crown. Height 5.4 cm. Width 3.59 cm. Depth 1.1 cm.

Tools