detail of a composite floral capital from the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of

detail of a composite floral capital from the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sanctuary of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera); on the top, two images of the God Bes holding lotus and papyrus flowers.

The images of Bes have been impiously hammered by the christians…