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Source Description
The genial god Bes appears here in the form of a furniture leg. With hands on his pot belly and wearing a short kilt with a long apron, he stands bowlegged on a truncated cone base. He has long, upward sweeping, diagonal eyebrows, large eyes, full cheeks, and rounded ears, and he wears a full beard and mustache. His body is soft and unmuscular. As a household god, Bes figured prominently as a decorative motif both in royal and private dwellings.
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Document identity
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150988
label
Chair or Bed Leg with the God Bes
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
150988
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object
title
Chair or Bed Leg with the God Bes
description
The genial god Bes appears here in the form of a furniture leg. With hands on his pot belly and wearing a short kilt with a long apron, he stands bowlegged on a truncated cone base. He has long, upward sweeping, diagonal eyebrows, large eyes, full cheeks, and rounded ears, and he wears a full beard and mustache. His body is soft and unmuscular. As a household god, Bes figured prominently as a decorative motif both in royal and private dwellings.
date
1540–1296 BCE
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753246
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 44.7 x 5.9 cm (17 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
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Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
accession
1982.42
Source extras
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tamarisk
tombstone
Chair or Bed Leg with the God Bes, 1540–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Tamarisk; overall: 44.7 x 5.9 cm (17 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Guerdon S. Holden Memorial Fund, 1982.42
collection
Egypt - New Kingdom
citations
citation
“Annual Report for 1982.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 6 (June 1983): 223–270.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 228
citation
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page_number
Reproduced: p. 309; Mentioned: p. 308-309
creditline
Guerdon S. Holden Memorial Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:47:45.310000
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150988
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Egypt - New Kingdom
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tamarisk
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1
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0
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photo
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