| Object Number |
E14358 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt |
| Period |
Twenty-First Dynasty |
| Date Made |
1075-656 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Faience |
| Iconography |
Bes | Monkey | Cat | Bird |
| Description |
Two-sided faience plaque depicting Bes surrounded by scampering monkeys and holding a plumed baby Bes on his left arm. On the top of the back, a cat repels birds. Pierced along the top with a series of holes. |
| Height |
21.89 cm |
| Width |
8 cm |
| Thickness |
2.69 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Charles Scheeler, 1926 |
| Other Number |
ES14343 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Rose, Charlotte B. "Childbirth Magic." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 58, no. 3. (2016): 38-45. Page/Fig./Plate: 43 |
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| Silverman, David P., Josef W. Wegner, and Jennifer H. Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. Philadelphia: 2006. Page/Fig./Plate: 27, fig. 21 |
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| Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 78-79 |
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| Capel, Anne K., and Glen Markoe. Mistress of the House Mistress of the Heaven Women in Ancient Egypt. Hudson Hills Press, New York in association with Cincinnatti Art Museum, 1996. Page/Fig./Plate: 67-68 |
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| The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt. National Museum of History, Republic of China, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 73 |
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| Amarillo Art Center. Archaeological Treasures of Ancient Egypt. Amarillo Art Center, 1983. See: #44 |
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