Figure of Bes in Relief
Description
Caption: Figure of Bes in Relief, 664–332 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 7 1/2 × 7 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (19 × 18 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1533E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small faience amulet representing the god Bes.
This artifact is a faience amulet depicting the ancient Egyptian deity Bes, who is shown with his characteristic lion-like features, including a mane and a protruding tongue. Bes is often depicted standing with dwarf-like stature, and his presence here suggests protective or magical significance. The style is consistent with small protective amulets from ancient Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1533E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118059 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.