Digital Giza | Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)

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

ID

HUMFA_27-4-922
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Street G 7300, debris E of mastaba G 7350, W of mastaba G 7450
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 1.6 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 27.1915
Date of Register Entry

04/06/1927
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