BES

For percussion with electronics.

BES A widely-worshiped popular religion deity across Egypt, and whose unmistakeable image was disseminated internationally, Bes is depicted, almost always with bold frontality, as a staring, bearded dwarf, naked or semi-naked, with a large head, broad face and short legs. Bes’ unusual physical characteristics seem to be borrowed from a lion (Romano 1980): a lion’s ears, mane, and sometimes tail, flexed legs like a lion standing on hind paws, protruding tongue, and sometimes a number of secondary leonine elements such as a forehead groove and ventral mane. His variable iconography also includes a plumed crown similar to that worn by Anukis and which is broadly associated with Nubia, knives (or later a sword and shield), musical instruments (especially the tambourine, harp, or double flute) or bouquets of flowers.