Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Head from a Bes Jar
Description
Faience
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 faience amulet of the Egyptian god Bes with detailed facial features.
This artifact is a faience amulet depicting the god Bes, characterized by a round, jovial face with prominent features including wide eyes, a protruding tongue, and facial hair. The piece is intricately detailed and exhibits a vibrant coloration typical of faience. The craftsmanship suggests a focus on both artistic appeal and religious significance.
religious
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Deities
Bes
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408350 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.40 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329808 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.