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Lot 5443 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Antiquities
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $110
EGYPT, Cornelian amulet pot bellied Bes, c.18th-20 Dynasty (16-11th century B.C.), 20mm high, lot includes support base. Very fine.
Bes (also spelled as Bisu) was an Egyptian deity worshipped in the later periods of dynastic history as a protector of households and in particular mothers and children. In time he would be regarded as the defender of everything good and the enemy of all that is bad. While past studies identified Bes as a Middle Kingdom import from Nubia, more recent research believes him to be an Egyptian native. Mentions of Bes can be traced to the southern lands of the Old Kingdom; however his cult did not become widespread until well into the New Kingdom.
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