Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum

1926.79.20

Mould for amulets of Bes playing tambourine.

On display


1926.79.20

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Mould for amulets of Bes playing tambourine.
Geographical reference
Thebes
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Mohareb Todrous
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom
Date collected
By 1926
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1926
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Length x Width 28 x 21 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1926.79.20

Search terms: Technique, Religion, Pottery, Figure, Music, Disability, Mould, Amulet, Musical Instrument