LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Bes

Vessel in the form of the God Bes (Primary Title) Unknown (Artist) Date: 650-550 BC Culture: Egyptian Category: Ceramics, Containers-Vessels Medium: faience Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 5 5/8 × 3 25/32 × 3 3/8 in. (14.29 × 9.6 × 8.57 cm) Object Number: 93.110 The animal-headed god Bes was a household deity who guided women and children through the perils of pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy. This Bes wears a leopard skin arranged around his neck, a feature that appeared during the Nubian rule of Egypt (Dynasty 25). This vessel once had a lid in the form of Bes’s tall feathered headdress. Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8177537

Vessel in the form of the God Bes (Primary Title) Unknown (Artist) Date: 650-550 BC Culture: Egyptian Category: Ceramics, Containers-Vessels Medium: faience Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 5 5/8 × 3 25/32 × 3 3/8 in. (14.29 × 9.6 × 8.57 cm) Object Number: 93.110 The animal-headed god Bes was a household deity who guided women and children through the perils of pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy. This Bes wears a leopard skin arranged around his neck, a feature that appeared during the Nubian rule of Egypt (Dynasty 25). This vessel once had a lid in the form of Bes’s tall feathered headdress. Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8177537

Stele: Bes and his companion Beset Late Period, 664-332 BC Limestone (formerly painted) H. 31.70 cm; W. 22.50 cm; D. 9 cm Inventory # E 11138 Text from: cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=20280&langue=en

Title: Limestone Bes Medium; Technique: Limestone Culture: Cypriot Period: Cypro-Archaic II Date: late 6th–early 5th century B.C. Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (14 x 8.3 x 7 cm) Classification: Stone Sculpture Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Accession Number: 74.51.2611 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Lamp representing Bes Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made Culture: Cypriot Period: Cypro-Archaic II Date: end of the 6th century B.C. Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.3 cm) Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Accession Number: 74.51.2364 On View Description: A small lamp with a short nozzle and flat rim is embedded in a deeper bowl and attached to a vertical handle decorated on the front with a figure of Bes. Incised in the Cypriot syllabary on the rim of the lamp is the inscription "of Philotimos," who was perhaps the maker or owner. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Stela of the God Bes Late Dynastic- Early Roman Periods, 4th century BC- 1st century AD Limestone, paint Accession # 22.2.23 Bes waves a knife in one hand and in the other grasps a snake, whose long tail curls up toward a round shape, probably the god's tambourine. A hole remains where a large erect phallus would have been inserted. Considerable traces of paint remain; the characteristic lines on the god's face and curls on his beard may have been added in paint. A few limestone reliefs and terracottas of this type exist. One in Amsterdam comes from the "Bes Chambers" excavated in the Anubeion at Saqqara. The Bes chambers are decorated with large terracotta wall reliefs of Bes with a large phallus and accompanied by a smaller female figure. They are theorized to be places where pilgrims came to stay and sleep in order to receive divinely inspired dreams. a practice known as "incubation," prophesizing fecundity. This relief could have functioned in such a place, or it could have the same beneficial effect in a less specialized context. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.