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Source Description
The god Bes was responsible for protecting mothers and children. This jar may have held liquids used as remedies.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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36941
label
Jar in the Form of Bes
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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36941
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object
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normalized
title
Jar in the Form of Bes
description
The god Bes was responsible for protecting mothers and children. This jar may have held liquids used as remedies.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE (Ptolemaic-Roman)
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CC0
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en
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jars
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
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Egyptian faience
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6182
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EGY
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10
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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6943c53c46288bf2
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no
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2
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photo
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f1a7a7ad9cc3c084
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no
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no