Bes-Image Amulet
Description
Caption: Bes-Image Amulet, 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 1/8 × 9/16 × 3/16 in. (2.9 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.913E. (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 figurine representing the ancient deity Bes.
The artifact is a small figurine depicting Bes, an ancient Egyptian deity. It features the characteristic dwarf-like appearance with a large face, protruding tongue, and a full mane of hair. The figure is crafted in a style typical for protective deities, with exaggerated features intended to ward off evil spirits. The composition is simple, carved from a single material without intricate detailing, indicating it might have been a personal amulet.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.913E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117498 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.