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Amulets often took the form of Bes, a minor Egyptian deity, who was understood to guard mothers in childbirth and their babies. Bes is often shown with a feathered headdress and a grotesque face, a…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE