Digital Giza | Fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7690, street G 7600, G 7600 X, avenue G 2, G 7650, G 7660, G 7000 SE 74, G 7600 W, G 7750

Fragment of small faience [amulet of Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

ID

HUMFA_29-3-219
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Street G 7600, E of mastaba G 7650
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 2.2 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Cairo Temporary Register number

EMC_TR_5.4.30.1
Cairo Special Register number

EMC_SR_7/3158
Object Ownership Information

In collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo, EMC_TR_5.4.30.1
Date of Register Entry

03/16/1929
Object owned by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Notes

One of 11 amulets registered as EMC_TR_5.4.30.1.
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.