Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, avenue G 2, G 7101, G 7210-7220, G 7110-7120, G 7130-7140, street G 7200, street G 7100, street G 7400, G 7210-7220
Head fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-[Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; [joins 25-2-36]. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_25-1-1122
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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, S [of] mastaba G 7410-7420: G 7410
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.7 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: 25.1928
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/24/1925
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- Remarks
- 25-1-1122 (head) = MFA 25.1928 + 25-2-36 (body) = MFA 25.2130. 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
ID: HUMFA_B5798_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, avenue G 2, G 7101, G 7210-7220, G 7110-7120, G 7130-7140, street G 7200, street G 7100, street G 7400, G 7210-7220
Description: Amulets, December group: top row: [avenue G 0] 24-12-64 (= MFA 27.1074, Bes), [avenue G 2] 24-12-70 (= MFA 24.2716, Isis and Horus), 24-12-71 (= MFA 27.1078, cat), [G 7101] 24-12-78 (= MFA 24.2719, Taweret), [avenue G 0] 24-12-137 (= MFA 27.1069, Sekhmet), [avenue G 0] 24-12-207 (= MFA 24.2749, Bes), [G 7210-7220: G 7220] 24-12-209 (= MFA 24.2750, Pataikos), [G 7110-7120: G 7120 B] 24-12-210 (= MFA 24.2751, Pataikos), [N of steps of G 7101] 24-12-253 (= MFA 24.2758), [G 7101 T] 24-12-265 (= MFA 24.2765), [G 7130-7140: G 7130 A] 24-12-306 (= MFA 24.2774, Taweret), [G 7110-7120: G 7120 A] 24-12-263 (= MFA 24.2764, baboon), [street G 7200] 24-12-322 (= MFA 24.2783, Taweret), 24-12-324 (= MFA 27.1077, baboon), [avenue G 2] 24-12-377 (= MFA 24.2801, ring fragment), 24-12-378 (= MFA 27.1079, lion), 24-12-380 (= MFA 24.2803, ring fragment), 24-12-401 (= MFA 24.2812), 24-12-408 (= MFA 24.2818, Hathor ?); second row: [avenue G 2] 24-12-409 (= MFA 24.2819), 24-12-410 (= MFA 24.2820), [] __-__-__, [avenue G 2] 24-12-435 (= MFA 27.1070, Isis and Horus), 24-12-443 (= MFA 24.2835, Sekhmet), 24-12-461 (= MFA 24.2844, Isis and Horus), 24-12-464 (= MFA 24.2846), [G 7101] 24-12-480 (= MFA 24.2849, Bes), [street G 7200] 24-12-485 (= MFA 24.2851), 24-12-486 (= MFA 24.2852, Taweret), 24-12-489 (= MFA 24.2855), 24-12-492, [G 7130-7140: G 7130 A] 24-12-510 (= MFA 24.2864, Taweret), [avenue G 2] 24-12-518 (= MFA 24.2868, Isis and Horus), 24-12-519 (= MFA 24.2869), 24-12-520 (= MFA 24.2870, Bes), 24-12-521 (= MFA 24.2871); third row: [avenue G 2] 24-12-522 (= MFA 24.2872), 24-12-524 (= MFA 24.2873), [street G 7100] 24-12-627 (= MFA 24.2900, Bes), 24-12-628 (= MFA 24.2901), 24-12-634 (= MFA 24.2906, Bes), [G 7110-7120: G 7120] 24-12-647 (= MFA 24.2909, Sekhmet), [street G 7100] 24-12-666 (= MFA 24.2912), 24-12-671 (= MFA 24.2917, sow ?), 24-12-672 (= MFA 24.2918, Taweret), 24-12-673 (= MFA 24.2919, Taweret), [street G 7400] 25-1-873 (= MFA 25.1867, ram ?), [street G 7200] 24-12-887 (= MFA 24.2940), 24-12-888 (= MFA 24.2941, Hathor ?), 24-12-897 (= MFA 27.1075, Bes), 24-12-899 (= MFA 24.2951, Pataikos), 24-12-900 (= MFA 24.2952); fourth row: [street G 7200] 24-12-901 (= MFA 24.2953, Taweret), 24-12-907 (= MFA 24.2958, Bes), [street G 7100] 24-12-912 (= MFA 24.2961, jackal), 24-12-914 (= MFA 24.2962, Bes), 24-12-916 (= MFA 24.2964, Bes), 24-12-917 (= MFA 24.2965, udjat), [street G 7200] 24-12-972 (= MFA 24.2981, Isis and Horus), 24-12-973 (= MFA 24.2982), 24-12-974 (= MFA 24.2983, Shu ?), [street G 7400] 25-1-1041 (= MFA 25.1898, Thoth), [street G 7200] 24-12-1072 (= MFA 24.3051, Taweret), 24-12-1083 (lion), [street G 7100] 24-12-1088 (= MFA 24.3060, Taweret); bottom row: [street G 7400] 25-1-1122 (= MFA 25.1928, Pataikos), [G 7110-7120: G 7120] 24-12-1145 (= MFA 27.1071, Taweret), 24-12-1148 (= MFA 24.3082), 24-12-1149 (= MFA 24.3083, Bes), [G 7210-7220: G 7220] 24-12-1164 (= MFA 24.3094, Nefertum ?), [G 7110-7120: G 7120] 24-12-1159 (= MFA 24.3089, Shu), [G 7210-7220: G 7220] 24-12-1161 (= MFA 24.3091, ram), 24-12-1163 (= MFA 24.3093), [G 7210-7220: G 7210] 24-12-1172 (= MFA 27.1072, Shu), 24-12-1177 (= MFA 24.3100, Isis and Horus), 24-12-1178 (= MFA 24.3101, Pataikos), [G 7110-7120: G 7110] 24-12-1186 (= MFA 27.1076, hand), [street G 7200] 24-12-1199 (= MFA 24.3113), 24-12-1200 (= MFA 24.3114)
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