Fragment of 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)] (cf. 24-12-209); light green glaze; legs broken off near feet.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-210
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-12-210; 24-12-210
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period
- Entry Date
- 12/10/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 3.425 cm Width: 1.3 cm Thickness: 1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 7110-7120: pit G 7120 B
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978. p. 6.
- 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
