Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7520, street G 7400, G 7450, G 7520
Crudely made faience [amulet] of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; greenish blue glaze.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: ca 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-901
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_27-4-901; 27-4-901
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 04/04/1927
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7300, debris E of mastaba G 7350, W of mastaba G 7450
- 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