Faience amulet 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
Small crude faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; light blue glaze, plain flat back, pierced.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-12-434
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_25-12-434; 25-12-434
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 12/25/1925
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 1.8 cm Width: 1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Cemetery G 7000 SW, trench XXXIV, debris
- Remarks
- This amulet represents 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