Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Cippus of Bes
Alternate Title:
Stele of Bes, Household Protector
Image View:
Overall view from front right, showing depth
Creator:
unknown (Egyptian (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 247
Location Note:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS:
41.896111 12.477222
Date:
3rd century BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Egyptian (ancient)
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Work Type 1:
stele
Work Type 2:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
limestone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; Egypt--Religion
Description:
A cippus is a type of small Roman, Etruscan, or Greek stele or stone pillar, usually inscribed, marking, for example, events, boundaries, or gravesites. This one is Early Ptolemaic (the Greek ruling dynasty in Egypt). Bes is an Ancient Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households, and in particular, of mothers, children and childbirth. This cippus, showing Bes armed with a sword, would have been put up outside a house to guard against evil. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-MB-COB-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Cippus of Bes