Carved wooden bust of Bes, with tenons at top and bottom of the figure. A prominent vertical crack (visible on both sides) runs down the front of the figure, to the left of the nose. Futher vertical cracks are visible on the rear of the figure also.
Bes, bust with tenons top and bottom
Height: 9 cm
Width: 6.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Accession number: E.GA.2706.1943
Primary reference Number: 57121
Oldadmincategory: W
GayerAnderson: IX.40
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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