Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Bes
10th-7th century BCE (Third Intermediate-early Late Period)
steatite with green glaze
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This figurine is of the God Bes.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
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.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 1/8 x W: 1/2 x D: 1/4 in. (2.93 x 1.26 x 0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Beverly C. Compton, Jr., 1997
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.312