Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar [in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_31-1-487
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 7842, debris
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.8 cm Thickness: 1.1 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (62.19.9)
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/30/1931
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- Notes
- never accessioned; sold to Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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- 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.
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery