EGYPTIAN BES AMULET Late Period, 664-332 BC A green composition amuletic pendant of Bes in feather headdress with applied black trails incorporating metallic particles, enhancing the feet, hands, necklace, nose, eyes, brow and feathers; pierced transversely at the neck and arms. 7.74 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired from a collection formed in the 1920s. Literature See Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.40. Footnotes The dwarf-like figure of Bes was regarded as a protective deity who averted the evil eye and helped woman in childbirth, as well as protecting children through to adulthood. His image is found on head rests, beds, mirrors and cosmetic pots; his amulets are most often made of glazed composition, sometimes polychrome. He was a deity for whom there were no temples, but he is depicted in temple sites associated with the divine birth of a god, such as at the Birth House at the temple of Denderah.
EGYPTIAN BES AMULET Late Period, 664-332 BC A green composition amuletic pendant of Bes in feather headdress with applied black trails incorporating metallic particles, enhancing the feet, hands, necklace, nose, eyes, brow and feathers; pierced transversely at the neck and arms. 7.74 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired from a collection formed in the 1920s. Literature See Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.40. Footnotes The dwarf-like figure of Bes was regarded as a protective deity who averted the evil eye and helped woman in childbirth, as well as protecting children through to adulthood. His image is found on head rests, beds, mirrors and cosmetic pots; his amulets are most often made of glazed composition, sometimes polychrome. He was a deity for whom there were no temples, but he is depicted in temple sites associated with the divine birth of a god, such as at the Birth House at the temple of Denderah.
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