躺在拿刀的柱子上 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	躺在拿刀的柱子上
品名（英）	Bes on a column holding a knife
入馆年号	1921年，21.6.90
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 664 - 公元前 30
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 9.7 厘米 (3 13/16 英寸); 宽 2.5 厘米 (1 英寸); 深 1.5 厘米 (9/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	尽管这个不寻常的人物通常被简单地命名为贝思，但它被恰当地称为贝思形象，因为它代表了许多不同的神，这些神是保护神，通常与保护分娩期间和分娩后的妇女和儿童密切相关。Bes图像具有多种属性，显示了侏儒的身体，但也包含了狮子的特征，如狮子的鬃毛和尾巴。贝斯的形象通常戴着一顶羽毛王冠，这顶王冠在这个人物身上被打破了。这里，"贝斯"站在一根纸莎草柱上挥舞着一把刀，他会用这把刀来攻击和制服任何威胁主人的邪恶势力 Bes图像可以是独立的产品，就像这一款一样，但它们也经常被纳入家具或个人物品中，以每天带来好运和保护。贝思雕像没有中心的崇拜地点，但它们被广泛制造，并与儿童神密切相关，儿童神在寺庙崇拜中很重要。一些小的贝思神殿是众所周知的，贝思的形象也在神庙中扮演了角色。
介绍（英）	Although often named simply Bes, this unusual figure is properly termed a Bes-image because it serves to represent a number of different deities who were protective gods, often with a close association to the protection of women and children during and after childbirth. The Bes-image has a mixture of attributes, displaying a dwarf’s body but also incorporating leonine features, such as a lion’s mane and tail. The Bes-image normally wears a feathered crown, which is broken on this figure. Here "Bes" stands on a papyrus column and brandishes a knife, which he would have used to attack and subdue any malignant forces that would threaten the owner. Bes-images could be standalone offerings, as this one may have been, but they were also frequently incorporated into furniture or personal items to bring good fortune and protection daily. Bes figures had no central cult location, but they were widely manufactured and were closely linked with child gods, who were important in temple cult. Some small Bes shrines are known and the Bes-image also had a role in temple mammisis, or birth houses.