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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Istanbul >> Museums - Müzeler >> Istanbul archaeology museum >> 6th Century BC >> Bes > Bes
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25-Sep-2018

Bes

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An undated catalogue describes this as 1st-3rd AD from Amathus (Greece) and describes how this former Egyptian god was very popular in the Cypriot pantheon ands was often confused with Herakles. He holds a headless lioness by its hind legs. The big hole probably held a colossal penis. And “It has been politely claimed that it might have served as a fountain.” The notice in the museum at the statue in 2023 indicates it might have been an original, from the 7th-6th century BCE.


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Mike 26-Oct-2005 03:20
Here we go again..what's with the immature censorship? A penis is a penis...