Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, avenue G 2, G 7101, G 7210-7220, G 7110-7120, G 7130-7140, street G 7200, street G 7100, street G 7400, G 7210-7220
Faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; light green glaze, bored through back of neck.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-209
- Alternate IDs
- 24-12-209; HUMFA_24-12-209
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1924
- Title
- Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.35 cm Width: 1.05 cm Thickness: .85 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7210-7220: G 7220
- 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.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified