Amulet

MS1092D

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1092D
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 24M
Date Made 7th c. BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Faience
Iconography Bes
Description

Bes Figures. Faience; in form of Egyptian god, Bes. Intact. The god, who has four legs and arms, stands on a base. He has a long beard and feather crown, perforated laterally.

Height 1.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 660 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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