Necklace with Bes amulets
Description
Necklace, Bes amulets. Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, ca. 1991–1450 B.C. Yellow, green and blue faience. l. 40 cm (15 3/4 in). From: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon excavations. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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.
The image shows a beaded necklace made of many short, greenish-blue faience tube/bead elements with small brown/orange spacer beads.
A circular necklace is photographed against a plain white background. The perimeter is formed by repeating rows of small, rectangular/stacked faience segments and turquoise-to-green blue beads, separated by small brown/orange beads at intervals. No individual figurative amulets (e.g., Bes figures) are clearly visible at this resolution; the visible structure appears to be primarily bead/segment construction consistent with an amuletic necklace but without distinct Bes iconography discernible. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible on the image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276561 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1373 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547620 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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