Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · figurine

Protective God Third Intermediate PeriodEgypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 58.171. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 58.171
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 22
Date: ca. 945–718 B.C.E.
Date range: 945 BCE – 718 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 15.1 cm
Width: 6.4 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Protective God (58.171). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18911

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Object Label: The Egyptians had a special class of deities, including Bes, Aha, and Hayet, that protected mothers and very young children. This piece shows one of these deities nursing an infant god. In antiquity metal rings were inserted into the holes at the top of the headdress and through the pierced ears. When shaken like a rattle, the piece produced a rustling sound intended to soothe a crying baby. Caption: Protective God, ca. 945–718 B.C.E.. Faience, 5 15/16 x 2 1/2 x 15/16 in. (15.1 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.171. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Deities Bes

Materials Painted Surface Accents

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 58.171 tier-2
BKM-Object 3663 tier-2

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