Amulet, Bes
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Aug 1990
name: label: Donor Name
content: Joseph E. Randall
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR GREEN FAIENCE BEAD W/ ROUNDED CORNERS DEPICTS RELIEF OF GODDESS WITH TALL HEADDRESS. HOLE IS BORED THROUGH TOP AND BOTTOM. DR. GUS VAN BEEK, CURATOR OF OLD WORLD ARCHEOLOGY DATES THE BEAD FROM THE LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM BC AND INTO THE ROMAN PERIOD. UNDOCUMENTED PROVENIENCE.
label: Notes
content: Considered for NMNH exhibit Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt but eliminated. 2011 preliminary list for exhibit identifies as: Bes - New Kingdom to Early Ptolemaic (c. 1400 – 200 BC).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 363029
label: USNM Number
content: A553294-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 2.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.4 cm