Stela of Bes as a Warrior

200 B.C.E.–200 C.E.

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Caption

Stela of Bes as a Warrior, 200 B.C.E.–200 C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 1/2 in. (15.6 × 9.5 × 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.142. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Stela of Bes as a Warrior

Date

200 B.C.E.–200 C.E.

Period

Late Ptolemaic Period or early Roman Period

Medium

Limestone, pigment

Classification

Funerary Object

Dimensions

6 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 1/2 in. (15.6 × 9.5 × 1.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.142

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