Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7520, street G 7400, G 7450, G 7520
Faience [amulet] of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; dark blue glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-980
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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 7400, debris E of mastaba G 7450, W of mastaba G 7530-7540: G 7530
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.2 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: 29.1645
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/08/1927
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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_B6312_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7300, G 7520, street G 7400, G 7450, G 7520
Description: Amulets: top row: [street G 7300] 27-3-738 (= MFA 27.1839, fish), [S of G 7520] 27-3-583 (= MFA 27.1780, cat), [street G 7400] 27-3-613 (= MFA 27.1791, Sekhmet), [street G 7300] 27-3-855 (= MFA 27.1884, Taweret), 27-3-737 (= MFA 27.1838, Taweret), [street G 7400] 27-3-812 (= MFA 29.1643, Isis and Horus), 27-3-811 (= MFA 29.1642, Isis and Horus), [street G 7300] 27-3-771 (= MFA 29.1640, baboon), 27-3-772 (= MFA 27.1851, Bes), 27-4-893 (= MFA 27.1909, Bes), [street G 7400] 27-4-980 (= MFA 29.1645, Pataikos); middle row: [street G 7400] 27-4-944 (= MFA 27.1924, Bes), [street G 7300] 27-4-889 (= MFA 27.1906, Bes), [street G 7400] 27-4-876 (= MFA 29.1641, Bes), [street G 7300] 27-4-888 (= MFA 27.1905, Pataikos), [street G 7400] 27-4-988 (= MFA 27.1931, Bes), [street G 7300] 27-4-901 (= MFA 29.1644, Pataikos), [G 7450] 27-3-686 (= MFA 27.1810, Nefertum), [street G 7400] 27-3-808 (= MFA 27.1867, Bes), 27-3-868 (= MFA 27.1890, Bes); bottom row: [street G 7400] 27-4-979 (= MFA 27.1929, upper fragment, Sekhmet), 27-4-989 (= MFA 27.1932, lower fragment, Bes), [street G 7300] 27-4-890 (= MFA 27.1907, Taweret), [street G 7400] 27-3-639 (= MFA 27.1796, Anubis), 27-3-818 (= MFA 29.1639, Anubis), [street G 7300] 27-3-781 (= MFA 27.1857, Sekhmet), [G 7520 X I] 27-2-486 (= MFA 27.1754, Anubis), [street G 7400] 27-4-942 (= MFA 27.1923, Thoth), [street G 7300] 27-3-829 (= MFA 27.1873, Taweret), [S of G 7520] 27-3-585 (= MFA 27.1781, Hathor ?)