id: 94357 accession number: 1914.737 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.737 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:07.595000 Bes Head Amulet, 1069–715 BCE. Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE) or later. Turquoise blue faience; overall: 2.9 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.737 title: Bes Head Amulet title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1069–715 BCE creation date earliest: -1069 creation date latest: -715 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE) or later technique: turquoise blue faience department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Third Intermediate type: Amulets find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 2.9 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Kozloff, Arielle, K., "Blue Bes", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 01, January 1996 page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-01/page/n3 Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 522 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.737/1914.737_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.737/1914.737_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.737/1914.737_full.tif