Bes standing on a papyriform capital, Beset on opposite side 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period Bes and his wife Beset appear on opposite sides of this element. Bes is nude and has his typical semi-leonine countenance and protruding tongue. Beset holds the same stance and also wears a feather crown, but she has a less animal-like and less exaggerated face, and is clothed in the so-called Isis-garment, knotted between her breasts, that comes into use in the Ptolemaic Period.Beset is a much older figure, but becomes particularly popular in the Ptolemaic Period. Basically she shares Bes's protective and apotropaic functions.Figures of Bes sometimes appear on independent columns, on the handle of a sistrum, or of a mirror. This element has fittings at both top and bottom.. Bes standing on a papyriform capital, Beset on opposite side 552463