Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7690, street G 7600, G 7600 X, avenue G 2, G 7650, G 7660, G 7000 SE 74, G 7600 W, G 7750
Small faience amulet [of Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze, double sided, pierced.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- GEM_6276
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_6276; 6276; EMC_JE_53855; JE_53855; EMC_SR_7/3093; SR_7/3093; HUMFA_29-2-71; 29-2-71
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period
- Entry Date
- 02/17/1929
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 1.2 x 1.5 cm; Weight: 4 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Pit G 7660 Y
- 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.