Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet
Unknown Artist
4th–2nd century B.C.
Medium
Bronze; gold, electrum, auriferous-silver, copper and copper-alloy inlays
Dimensions
H. 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) [20 cm (7 7/8 in.) with tang]; W. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); D. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Classification
Statuette, Bes-image, Hor-Asha-Khet
Period
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1929
Accession Number
29.2.3
Tags
BesGods