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   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>Terracotta figurines such as this have predominantly come from apparently domestic settings, and these once brightly-painted objects were mould made and likely much cheaper than metal images of gods more associated with votives left at temples. The most common hybrid deity represented in the terracottas is the distinctively-faced Bes, who makes the apotropaic function of the figurines particularly clear \u2013 presumably using his threatening countenance to frighten would-be aggressors as in Pharaonic times. Although it is often assumed that Bes\u2019 military iconography was directly inspired by the encounter with the Roman military, in fact the armour is Macedonian in origin and often with an oval shield appropriate to a Gaulish (Celtic) mercenary known since Ptolemaic times.Terracotta figurine of the Egyptian god Bes, shown wearing Macedonian-style armour, holding a shield in his left hand, and brandishing a sword over his head with his right. He also wears the tall, feathered head-dress.<\/p>"
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   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'><a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://search.worldcat.org/title/1356890313'>Manchester Museum (University of Manchester). Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period. Manchester University Press 2023<\/a><\/div><\/div><br />"
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   "label": "Dimensions",
   "value": "height: 350mm, width: 120mm."
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   "value": "Terracotta"
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   "value": "<p>Featured in <i>Golden Mummies of Egypt<\/i> exhibition at the Manchester Museum, 18 February 2023-14 April 2024.<\/p>"
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