Fragment of 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
Lower part of faience [amulet] of Ptah-Sokar [in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-3-242
- Alternate IDs
- 29-3-242; HUMFA_29-3-242; EMC_TR_5.4.30.1; TR_5.4.30.1; EMC_SR_7/3158; SR_7/3158
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
- Entry Date
- 03/20/1929
- Title
- Fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 3.1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7600, E of mastaba G 7650
- Notes
- One of 11 amulets registered as EMC_TR_5.4.30.1.
- 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.