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Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Back

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Back

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Left

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Left

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Right

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599 - Right

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481599

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Back

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Back

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Left

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Left

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Right

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604 - Right

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604

Egyptian - Bes - Walters 481604

This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Bes is represented with the nude body of a dwarf, grotesque facial features, and the ears and mane of a lion. He wears a tall feather-crown a... More

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563 - Left

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563 - Left

Representations of cats are well-known in Ancient Egypt from the 2nd millennium BC. The onomatopoetic Egyptian name was "miu" (mjw) for the male, and "mit" (mjjt) for the female cat. Egypt's economic base was a... More

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563 - Right

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563 - Right

Representations of cats are well-known in Ancient Egypt from the 2nd millennium BC. The onomatopoetic Egyptian name was "miu" (mjw) for the male, and "mit" (mjjt) for the female cat. Egypt's economic base was a... More

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563

Egyptian - Cat - Walters 481563

Representations of cats are well-known in Ancient Egypt from the 2nd millennium BC. The onomatopoetic Egyptian name was "miu" (mjw) for the male, and "mit" (mjjt) for the female cat. Egypt's economic base was a... More

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Back

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Back

The nude female figure has her arms pressed to the sides and no modeling of the hands. The piece, stained brown, is in the round. The legs are broken off at the knees and a portion of the upper right arm is mis... More

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Left

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Left

The nude female figure has her arms pressed to the sides and no modeling of the hands. The piece, stained brown, is in the round. The legs are broken off at the knees and a portion of the upper right arm is mis... More

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Right

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Right

The nude female figure has her arms pressed to the sides and no modeling of the hands. The piece, stained brown, is in the round. The legs are broken off at the knees and a portion of the upper right arm is mis... More

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130

Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130

The nude female figure has her arms pressed to the sides and no modeling of the hands. The piece, stained brown, is in the round. The legs are broken off at the knees and a portion of the upper right arm is mis... More

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Back

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Back

This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are... More

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Bottom

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Bottom

This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are... More

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Left

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Left

This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are... More

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Right

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Right

This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are... More

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193

Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193

This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are... More

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - Back (2)

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - B...

This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the... More

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - Back View A

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - B...

This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the... More

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - Bottom (2)

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - B...

This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the... More

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - Detail A

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248 - D...

This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the... More

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248

Egyptian - Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet - Walters 4248

This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the... More

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Back

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Back

The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the m... More

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Left

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Left

The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the m... More

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Right

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541 - Right

The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the m... More

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541

Egyptian - Shrine with a Female Figure - Walters 481541

The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the m... More

Italian - Marten's Head - Walters 571982 - Profile

Italian - Marten's Head - Walters 571982 - Profile

This jeweled marten's head is nearly identical to that attached to the fur held by the countess in Veronese's portrait of Countess da Porto (Walters 37.541) and is displayed here in a similar way. The animal wa... More

Italian - Marten's Head - Walters 571982 - View B

Italian - Marten's Head - Walters 571982 - View B

This jeweled marten's head is nearly identical to that attached to the fur held by the countess in Veronese's portrait of Countess da Porto (Walters 37.541) and is displayed here in a similar way. The animal wa... More

Clevelandart 1914.570 - A red piece of gummy sitting on top of a white surface
Clevelandart 1980.123 - A figurine of a frog sitting on a rock
Egypt, New Kingdom, Late Dynasty 18 - Frog Amulet - 1980.123 - Cleveland Museum of Art

Egypt, New Kingdom, Late Dynasty 18 - Frog Amulet - 1980.123 - Clevela...

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