Bes

Description Provenance Credit

Description This figurine is of the God Bes.

Provenance Cynthia Wilson Compton, winter 1932, by puchase [in Egypt near Luxor]; Mr. and Mrs. Beverly C. Compton, Jr., Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by gift.

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Beverly C. Compton, Jr., 1997

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

1000-600 BC (Third Intermediate-early Late Period)

Medium

steatite with green glaze
(Stone)

Accession Number

41.312

Measurements

H: 1 1/8 x W: 1/2 x D: 1/4 in. (2.93 x 1.26 x 0.7 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Bes

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