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Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos); light blue glaze; surface worn and uneven. [07-2-107]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.1070
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, between pillars 3 and 4)
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height x Width: 3 x 0.8 cm (1 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
  • Date of Register Entry
    30 B.C. – A.D. 364
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907. 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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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.