Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7450, G 7530-7540, street G 7400, avenue G 4
Faience [amulet] of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; light tan paste, faded blue (?) glaze; face broken off and missing. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-922
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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
- Street G 7300, debris E of mastaba G 7350, W of mastaba G 7450
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.6 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 27.1915
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/06/1927
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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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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
ID: HUMFA_C11360_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7450, G 7530-7540, street G 7400, avenue G 4
Description: Amulets, udjats, scarabs, rings (fronts): top row: [street G 7300] 27-4-957 (= MFA 27.1926, udjat), [avenue G 4] 27-3-538a (= MFA 27.1766, udjat), [street G 7300] 27-4-1033 (= MFA 29.1665, baboon), 27-4-922 (= MFA 27.1915, Pataikos); middle row: [G 7450] 27-3-678 (= MFA 27.1805, scarab), [avenue G 4] 27-3-514 (= MFA 29.1666, scarab), [street G 7300] 27-4-930 (= MFA 29.1667, scarab), [top of G 7530-7540] 27-3-602 (= MFA 29.1668, scarab, upside down ?), [street G 7400] 27-3-654 (= MFA 27.1800, scarab); bottom row: [street G 7300] 27-4-929 (= MFA 27.1917, finger ring fragment), 27-3-846 (= MFA 29.1669, finger ring fragment), [street G 7400] 27-3-612 (= MFA 27.1790, finger ring fragment), [street G 7300] 27-3-778 (= MFA 27.1854, scarab), [G 7520 X I] 27-2-482 (scarab)
ID: HUMFA_C11359_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7450, G 7530-7540, street G 7400, avenue G 4
Description: Amulets, udjats, scarabs, rings (backs): top row: [street G 7300] 27-4-957 (= MFA 27.1926, udjat), [avenue G 4] 27-3-538a (= MFA 27.1766, udjat), [street G 7300] 27-4-1033 (= MFA 29.1665, baboon), 27-4-922 (= MFA 27.1915, Pataikos); middle row: [G 7450] 27-3-678 (= MFA 27.1805, scarab), [avenue G 4] 27-3-514 (= MFA 29.1666, scarab), [street G 7300] 27-4-930 (= MFA 29.1667, scarab), [top of G 7530-7540] 27-3-602 (= MFA 29.1668, scarab), [street G 7400] 27-3-654 (= MFA 27.1800, scarab); bottom row: [street G 7300] 27-4-929 (= MFA 27.1917, finger ring fragment), 27-3-846 (= MFA 29.1669, finger ring fragment), [street G 7400] 27-3-612 (= MFA 27.1790, finger ring fragment), [street G 7300] 27-3-778 (= MFA 27.1854, scarab), [G 7520 X I] 27-2-482 (scarab)