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TITLE OF WORK: God Bes dancing. Relief on a Prolemaic terracotta kantharos vase

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, rerracotta kantharos vase

DATE: -100

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 14.3 cm height

COMMENTS: Made in Egypt. Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt, represented as a dwarf with large head, goggle eyes, protruding tongue, bowlegs, bushy tail, and usually a crown of feathers.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Egypt

KEYWORDS: god, deity