Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7700, G 7760, G 7754, G 7756, G 7769, G 7920
Faience [amulet] of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-11-48
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_29-11-48; 29-11-48
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 11/10/1929
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.7 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7700, E of mastaba G 7750, N end
- Notes
- never accessioned; sold to Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- 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.