Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos); green glaze, hole through neck for suspension; worn and chipped. [07-2-33]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.810
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.810; 11.810
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, at neck of mummy 47)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 259.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907. 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.