Fragment of a trial piece with head of Bes

Fragment of a trial piece with head of Bes

Fragment of a trial piece with representation in sunk relief, showing a study of a head of Bes, with detailed rendering of ears, whiskers, broad nose, and tongue sticking out.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 3796

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site EL-`AMARNA/AKHETATEN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique LOW RELIEF

Height 8.5 cm

Width 7.5 cm

Depth 2 cm

Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 62

•F.J.E. Boddens Hosang, Two Amarna collections in the Netherlands, OMRO 72 (1992), 15-53: 26, 46/pl. 8

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