# Amulet of Bes

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BCE)
- Medium: Faience
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 7 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm (2 3/4 × 1 × 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry H. Getty, and Norman W. Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/135835)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/46ca2bdf-9311-06d2-5cb9-b3a54735c784/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The dwarf Bes, with his feathered headdress, lion mane and tail, and protruding tongue, was the protector of women and children. Huge numbers of amulets were made of him in the Ptolemaic period.

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