Amulet of Bes
Object PlaceRoman
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsOverall: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number05.278
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Oxyrhynchus. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
1550–1295 B.C.
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
2nd–1st century B.C.
332–50 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
2960–2770 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.