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=== Jugs ===
[[File:Pottery_Jug_Depicting_Egyptian_God_Bes,_5th_Century_BC_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Pottery Jug Depicting Bes, 5th Century BCE]]
Jugs, vases, and other storage containers represent the majority of pottery containing Bes iconography. The depiction of an anthropomorphic head on jugs is a style predominately found in West Asian pottery, suggesting that there may be influence from the Syro-Palestinian region.<ref name="Charvat-1980"/> Further supporting the possibility of West Asian influence is tomb 1300 of the Mayana cemetery near [[Sedment]] dating from the [[Second Intermediate Period of Egypt|Second Intermediate Period]] that contains both vases depicting Bes and five small faience jugs almost certainly of [[Palestine (region)|Palestinian]] origin. This, along with other objects likely of West Asian origin indicates that the occupant likely maintained contact with Palestine, and as such the West Asian style Bes jug may have been manufactured there.<ref name="Charvat-1980"/>

Painted storage jars depicting Bes have also been found in the site of [[Amarna]] dating to the late [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt|18th Dynasty]], in addition to a multitude of jars found in Deir el-Medina.<ref name="Charvat-1980"/> In addition to these jars as well as aforementioned depictions on bedroom paraphernalia, faience baby bottles have been found in [[Lisht|el-Lisht]], further showing Bes as a protector of children.<ref name="Charvat-1980"/>

Traces of ''[[Peganum harmala]]'', and ''[[Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea|Nimphaea nouchali var. caerulea]]'' were identified in an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase, of the 2nd century BCE.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tanasi |first1=Davide |last2=van Oppen de Ruiter |first2=Branko F. |last3=Florian |first3=Fiorella |last4=Pavlovic |first4=Radmila |last5=Chiesa |first5=Luca Maria |last6=Fochi |first6=Igor |last7=Stani |first7=Chiaramaria |last8=Vaccari |first8=Lisa |last9=Chaput |first9=Dale |last10=Samorini |first10=Giorgio |last11=Pallavicini |first11=Alberto |last12=Semeraro |first12=Sabrina |last13=Gaetano |first13=Anastasia Serena |last14=Licen |first14=Sabina |last15=Barbieri |first15=Pierluigi |date=2024-11-13 |title=Multianalytical investigation reveals psychotropic substances in a ptolemaic Egyptian vase |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=27891 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-78721-8 |pmid=39537764 |pmc=11561246 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1427891T |issn=2045-2322}}</ref>