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MM 31018 :: sculpture

Object description: Statuett of the god Bes, frontal position. The left hand holding a circular shield. The right hand is holding a short sword, pointing towards a feathered crown on his head. The face is wrinkled, the nose flattened and the tongue stretched out. Crude beard. Clay, pale brown. Traces of blue, pink and white paint.

Data elements
References (16)

Inventory number

MM 31018

Serie nummer

11974

Acquisition number

MME 1964:010

Object

sculpture

Object, Swedish

skulptur

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Lera; Keramik; Keramik

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition, Egyptian galleries, Medelhavsmuseet

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs Alm, Stockholm through O. Vessberg 1964.

Acquisition, Swedish

Inköpt av Mrs Alm, Stockholm genom O. Vessberg 1964.

Description, Swedish

Statyett av guden Bes i framåtvänd position. Den vänstra kanten håller en cirkelformad sköld. Den högra handen håller ett kort svärd som pekar mot en fjäderkrona på hans huvud. Ansiktet är rynkat, näsan tillplattad och tungan utsträckt. Grovt format skägg. Lera, blekbrun. Spår av blå, rosa och vit färg.

Description

Statuett of the god Bes, frontal position. The left hand holding a circular shield. The right hand is holding a short sword, pointing towards a feathered crown on his head. The face is wrinkled, the nose flattened and the tongue stretched out. Crude beard. Clay, pale brown. Traces of blue, pink and white paint.

Period

Graeco-Roman Period (332 BC-337 AD)

Period, Swedish

Grekisk-romersk tid (332 f Kr-337 e Kr)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-332

Time - Manufacturing, latest

337

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 7, Late Period - Cultural encounters

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 7.3

Exhibition - Previously

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:02.

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

4.1

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

Statuettes of Bes with a sword and shield.

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

Statyetter som föreställer guden Bes med svärd och sköld.

Keyword

god; Bes; ceramics

Keyword, Swedish

gud

NegNo

MM 31018.jpg

Cf Publications

Philipp, H., Terrakotten aus Ägypten, Berlin 1972, 7

Ghalioungui, P., Wagner, G., Terres cuites de l’Égypte gréco-romaine de la collection P. Ghalioungui, MDAIK 30, 2, Berlin 1974, 191, pl. 61 e

Breccia, E., Terracotte figurate greche e greco-egizie del Museo di Alessandria, Monument de l’Égypte greco-romaine II, 2, Bergamo 1930-34, pl. XLIX

CdE 1946, 250 pl. I, no 64

Height / Höjd

14 cm

Width / Bredd

4,2 cm

Depth / Djup

3,4 cm

Dimensions

H. 14 cm, W. 4.2 cm, D. 3.4 cm

Condition

Complete

Original register

Egypt

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