Light blue glazed faience, 1.76 grams, 21.71 mm. New Kingdom, Eighteenth dynasty, 1500-1292 BC. His short body, with arm out and a large face with dwarf like features. Made with a hole through its centre for suspension. Very fine condition.

Bes, like many other Egypt Gods, went through many metamorphoses in his history. As Bes' cult was never official, and he never had dedicated temples or priests, the details of the particular deity are even more difficult to trace. Researches such as Richard Wilkinson believe that in its later inceptions Bes was a grand general term encompassing up to ten weaker deities - Aha, Amam, the earlier Bes, Hayet, Ihty, Mefdjet, Menew, Segeb, Sopdu and Tetenu. And as those minor deities became associated with Bes, the greater Bes was also becoming associated with the even greater set of protective deities such as Amun, Min, Horus, Sopdu, Reshef, and others.