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

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7330-7340, G 7430-7440, G 7100 Pt ii, G 7100 Pt i

Crude faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; green glaze, ring at neck for suspension. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_27-1-63
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Street G 7300, debris between mastabas G 7330-7340: G 7330 and G 7430-7440: G 7430
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 2.5 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date of Register Entry

01/20/1927
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.