Object register page:
Small collection of faience [amulets] and fragments and fragments of two ushabtis, wrapped in fragments of cloth of white, red and black design: b) faience figure of Ptah-Sokar [in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; legs missing, wrapped in fragments of cloth. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_29-11-42b
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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
- On top of mastaba G 7510
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- Material
- Faience, cloth
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- Dimensions
- Height: as is: 4.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/09/1929
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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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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
