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E387

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E387
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty
Date Made 945 - 712 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Steatite
Iconography Bes | Baboon
Description

The bottom is decorated with an image of Bes flanked by two worshipping babbons (Cynocephali as new sun?).

Length 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number ES 387 - Original Number

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