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Bes
Bes

Bes

Date1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
Object number47.86
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum (with funds from Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), June 9, 1947
Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, Egyptian Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1988, no. 16, p. 25 Teeter, Emily, The Egyptian Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 2001, illus. p. 27 (full page)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (12.1 x 7.3 x 6.1 cm)
MediumTerracotta
Mummy mask of a young boy
Egyptian, Roman period
3rd century
Object number: 48.225
Mummy portrait head
Egyptian, Roman period
3rd century
Object number: 46.53
Miniature Amulet:  Bes
Egyptian
Object number: 41.16
Pendant:  Bes, The Dwarf God
Egyptian
Object number: 47.48
Khonsu
Egyptian, Late period, 26th - 30th Dynasty
ca. 664 - 343 B.C.
Object number: 45.20
Seated baboon
Egyptian, Third Intermediate period, 22nd Dynasty
ca. 800 B.C.
Object number: 50.48
Amun
Egyptian, Third Intermediate period, 22nd Dynasty
950 - 730 B.C.
Object number: 62.116
Thoth
Egyptian, Late period, 26th - 30th Dynasty
ca. 664 - 525 B.C.
Object number: 46.14
Figure of Pawenhatef with naos (shrine of Osiris)
Egyptian, Sais, Late (Persian) Period
525 - 404 B.C.
Object number: 47.63
Head of Hathor from the handle of a votive sistrum
Egyptian, Late period, 26th - 30th Dynasty
664-525 B.C.
Object number: 58.77
Votive Bull
Roman
2nd century A.D.
Object number: SC83.11
Photo: Paul Macapia
Roman
2nd century
Object number: 54.46