"Winged" Bes with three feathered headdress, similar to Yahweh of Samaria (Kuntillet `Ajrud). Absent though on Yahweh are flowing sidelocks on shoulders. Meggido, stratum VII, 1150-1100 BCE. (p.840, Vol.3. Michael Avi-Yonah & Ephraim Stern. Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice-Hall. 1977)
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