Intaglio with Bes-Pantheos

An ithyphallic, four-winged Bes-Pantheos with the rear parts and tail of a bird stands front, feet to right, on an ourobos-cartouche containing two birds (?). Six animal protomes frame the head. He wears an atef (?) crown and a strap across his chest, and holds a was-scepter in his left hand; another scepter stands to either side.

Depictions of ithyphallic polymorphic deities are common on Roman-period amulets, demonstrating the continued utilisation of Pharaonic imagery. They often appear on lapis, which was associated in Egyptian art with the protection of the night sky and may have enforced the combined potency of the multiple gods whose aid was invoked.