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pendant, Bes
Blue faience Bes pendant with Bes playing a tambourine. Such pendants are typical of Amarna and Malqata. Bes in profile is known from the reign of Amenhotep III. Bes seems to have been a household god connected with fertility and the protection of women in childbirth. He is often shown as a dwarf god, with a sticking out tongue and a leonine mane. In Hathor's temple at Denderah Bes beats a tambour…
Type of item
- pendant, Bes
- New Kingdom
Date
- 1550 B.C.-1069 B.C.
- -1550/-1069
Type of item
- pendant, Bes
- New Kingdom
Date
- 1550 B.C.-1069 B.C.
- -1550/-1069
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W961%2Fp
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:06:05.748Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:41.161Z