Description: Flat-backed, moulded amulet of a frontal Bes figure. The god rests his hands on his thighs and an animal tail drops between his legs. Pierced for suspension at top of head and this area may represent a small simple headdress.
Collector's Marks: 48.67 written in ink on the reverse (previous number listed in records as 46.67).
Cultural Significence: Bes as a protective deity was popular from at least the Middle Kingdom, although amulets do not appear prior to the 18th Dynasty but once established remained common through the Roman Period. Bes amulets were common elements of jewellery and were worn in life as well as placed in tombs. The low headdress is more typical in excavated examples of the representations in amulets from the New Kingdom.
Comparanda: UCL 1124, UCL 1125, 31080, 51557; Louvre E21092; Boston MFA 72.2087; National Museums Liverpool 31.197.3.

Notes:  See W. Petrie, Amulets, 1914, 188s; C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt. 1994, p. 39-40, plates 34c, 37