Bes Amulet
Description
Amulet, Bes. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience, blue. H. 1.4 cm (9/16 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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.
A small turquoise-blue faience amulet shaped like the dwarf god Bes, with a rounded head and stylized facial features and chest/arms.
The object is a compact, hand-sized amulet in a turquoise-blue body with a darker blue/blue-green head or cap element. The figure stands in a frontal view with a rounded head and simplified, molded facial details (unclear exact features due to wear). The torso is modeled with rounded shapes and sparse, raised/brownish patches that may be remnants of surface decoration or weathering. No clear arms-hands or legs are fully defined, but the overall silhouette matches a Bes amulet form (upright, stocky dwarf-like figure). The back is not visible in the image. The surface shows areas of discoloration and chipped edges consistent with an artifact of ceramic/glazed composition. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the photograph.
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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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