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Description: | Double-sided faience Bes amulet. 4cm high. From the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Bes seems to have been a household god connected with fertility and the protection of women in childbirth. He is often shown as a dwarf god, with a sticking out tongue and a leonine mane. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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