Bust of BesAn Egyptian limestone bust of the household god Bes, protector of pregnant women, n
Bust of BesAn Egyptian limestone bust of the household god Bes, protector of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family. With a radiating striated beard and pronounced cheekbones, his widely-spaced bulging eyes with articulated pupils, his broad pug nose with wide nostrils, his teeth visible in his open mouth, dimpled at the corners, his ears projecting to the sides, the brow furrowed, surmounted by a modius, a tenon below.Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664-30 BC. Now in the Private Collection. -- source link
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