Faience amulets of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 SW trench 31, street G 7200, street G 7000, G 7070, G 7000 SW 34, G 7000 SW 8, Isis Temple, G 7141, street G 7100, avenue G 3, G 7156, G 7142
Two small crude faience amulets of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; light blue glaze, same both sides, pierced.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-12-433
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_25-12-433; 25-12-433
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 12/25/1925
- Title
- Faience amulets of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Cemetery G 7000 SW, trench XXXIV, debris
- Remarks
- These amulets represent Pataikos, a popular protective deity, amulets of whom were believed to ward off threats to the wearer. He is usually depicted as a nude dwarf with a bald head, often wielding a pair of knives.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified