Art, Symbol & Imagination
Bes: Frontal Egyptian Figure
A compact frontal figure stands with bent legs beneath a broad face and open mouth. Hands rise beside the head, while a small square base supports the whole body. The caption names Bes and credits W. A. Mansell and Co. for the photograph. Its squat proportions and emphatic face offer a striking contrast to the long, narrow deity figures elsewhere in Spence’s volume.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. "Bes: Frontal Egyptian Figure" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 371. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-object-371
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical photograph of an ancient object; printed caption reviewed. Ancient maker unrecorded. Photographer credit recorded individually where printed. Orientation corrected where necessary; no retouching or reconstructed detail.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. Bes: Frontal Egyptian Figure. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 371. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-object-371