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Bes Amulet

Artist Unknown Egyptian artist

Datecirca 1000–700 BCE

Mediumfaience

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 1 3/4 × 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 1.9 × 0.5 cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard L. Weinberg

Object number2026.9.8

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceProvenience unknown. Mr. H.G. Foxwell and Miss E. Foxwell, UK, 1880s–1950s [Sold Sotheby’s 1950s–1960s(?)]. [Tetragon Antiquities, London, UK], Gerhard L. Weinberg, Efland, NC, 2014; given to NCMA, 2025. Object Rights Statement

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