Bes Amulet
Description
Caption: Bes Amulet, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 11/16 in. (9.2 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.925E.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small green faience amulet depicting the dwarf god Bes standing frontally with a large broad face and raised hands, wearing a tall striped crown/hat.
The object is a molded faience figurine-amulet showing Bes in a typically frontal, compact body form. The face has heavy brow ridges, a wide mouth with projecting lips/teeth, and large eyes; short beard or chin markings are visible. Bes appears to stand with arms raised to either side of the torso. The head is topped by a tall, ridged, striped headdress or crown. The body is nude/torso exposed with simple molded details, and the legs end in feet. No clear hieroglyphic text or cartouche is visible on the surface in this image. The background is plain, with no additional inscriptions or labels present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.925E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117509 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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