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Amulet Depicting Bes

Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE

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Frontal faience amulet of figure who is nude with feathered headdress and a grotesque face and beard.

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Back faience amulet of nude figure wearing headdress.

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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)

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Angels, demons & deities

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Detail from Amulet Depicting Isis Holding Horus

Photo by Clara Amit. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Detail from Amulet in the Shape of the Demon Pazuzu

Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.