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

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2370, G 2382

Faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_12-11-68
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], upper debris
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 3.7 cm
Credit Line

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

11/30/1912
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.

Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)