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Statuette of Bes

30 B.C.–A.D. 364
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniquePottery (terracotta); mold-made
DimensionsHeight x width: 25.2 x 11 cm (9 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.779
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession date: January 1, 1886)
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