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Source Description
This figurine is of the God Bes.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20788
label
Bes
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
20788
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bes
description
This figurine is of the God Bes.
provenance
Cynthia Wilson Compton, winter 1932, by puchase [in Egypt near Luxor]; Mr. and Mrs. Beverly C. Compton, Jr., Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by gift.
date
10th-7th century BCE (Third Intermediate-early Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
figurines
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.9
height
1.3
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/8 x W: 1/2 x D: 1/4 in. (2.93 x 1.26 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
21st-26th Dynasty
med
steatite with green glaze
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
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