Terracotta figure of Egyptian god Bes dressed as a Roman soldier, Ptolemaic Period (Egypt) (332 – 30 BC), h 8 in (21 cm), Ashmolean Museum [437×600]
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Terracotta figure of Egyptian god Bes dressed as a Roman soldier, Ptolemaic Period (Egypt) (332 – 30 BC), h 8 in (21 cm), Ashmolean Museum [437×600]
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Looks more like a Greek thyreophoroi rather than a Roman soldier. Wearing linothorax armour, carrying a thureos shield and possibly a kopis in the right hand.