Amulet

Object Number:

MS1092D

Current Location:

Etruscan Italy Gallery

Culture:

Faliscan
Etruscan

Provenience:

Italy
Etruria
Narce

Locus:

Tomb 24M

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Faience

Description:

Bes Figures. Faience; in form of Egyptian god, Bes. Intact. The god, who has four legs and arms, stands on a base. He has a long beard and feather crown, perforated laterally.

Height:

1.8cm

Other Number:

660

Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 178-179

[Book] Dohan, Edith H. 1942. Italic Tomb-Groups in the University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 34

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