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LATE SECOND-EARLY FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A SYRO-PHOENICIAN LIMESTONE FIGURE OF BES
late second-early first millennium b.c.
Standing with his arms at his sides, his shoulders hunched, each lock of hair on his head and of his beard with slight curls on their ends, his mouth open beneath a curved mustache, his tongue protruding, with characteristic pot-belly and bandy-legs, his head surmounted by a rectangular, socket for insertion of additional elements, presumably plumes
6.15/16 in. (17.6 cm.) high
late second-early first millennium b.c.
Standing with his arms at his sides, his shoulders hunched, each lock of hair on his head and of his beard with slight curls on their ends, his mouth open beneath a curved mustache, his tongue protruding, with characteristic pot-belly and bandy-legs, his head surmounted by a rectangular, socket for insertion of additional elements, presumably plumes
6.15/16 in. (17.6 cm.) high