Pitcher with the figure of Bes

Pitcher with the figure of Bes

This clay vase, which has a single handle, comes from the excavations of W. F. Petrie at Tell el-Yahudiya. It is part of the receptacles whose belly bears a representation of the head of Bes. The example is very particular: the facial features are marked with cuts, and by clay appliques. It dates from the Graeco-Roman Period.

TELL EL-YAHUDIYA

GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD

Keizers aan de Nijl (Exposition Tongres), Louvain 1999, 191 nº 77

Comparer W. F. Petrie, Hyksos and Israelite Cities, Londres 1906, pl. XXXIX F nº 177.

Lieu de découverte:

L'objet provient des fouiles de W. F. Petrie.

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