A beaded collar including an amulet possibly depicting Beset. Some amulets also appear to be cornflowers/poppies (carnelian), female figures with staff, a squatting baboon, and rosettes. For amulet parallels and bibliography, see Giddy (1999). Most Egyptologists argue that Bes as a female (Beset) does not appear in Egypt before the Ptolemaic Period and that Bes-forms with breasts show an overweight male Bes (Baines). This piece was part of the Berens collection purchased by Wellcome in 1923. Randolph Humphrey Berens, née McLaughlin (1844–1922) took the name Berens on his marriage in 1877 with Ellinor Frances Berens. Both collected Egyptian antiquities. His collection was sold by Sotheby's on 18th June 1923. His wife's collection was sold on 29th July 1923 and 31st July 1923. On long-term loan to Swansea from the Wellcome Trust since 1971.

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