Necklace with Bes and Hathor-Head Pendant
ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
This string of beads shows the importance of the deities Hathor and Bes as protective amulets. They were worn by the living and also buried in tombs.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- Length: 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm)
- Accession Number
- 48.66.38
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
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