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-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.
Small faience amulet depicting the dwarf-god Bes, shown standing frontally with hands at the sides and a wig or mane-like headdress.
The image shows a small, vertically oriented amulet modeled in high relief. A bearded male figure with a broad, smiling face (classic Bes physiognomy) stands facing forward. He wears a rounded headdress/wig around the head and a short, draped or segmented garment at the torso with vertical ridges. Both arms hang down with the hands held near the hips. The lower body tapers into a stylized pedestal-like base. Several perforations/holes are visible behind and through parts of the arms/torso area, consistent with attachment or manufacture. No hieroglyphs or readable text are visible on the amulet in this view, and there is no evidence of cartouches. The overall form strongly matches a Bes image amulet as described in the catalogue; the pictured material appears ceramic/glazed and is consistent with faience.
Connections
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.