Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7510, street G 7500, G 7430-7440, G 7633, G 7637, G 7639, G 7310-7320, G 7518, G 7610+7620, G 7632, G 7521
Tiny faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_25-2-398
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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 7500, debris
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 1.5 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: 25.2236
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- Date of Register Entry
- 02/09/1925
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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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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
ID: HUMFA_B5800_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7510, street G 7500, G 7430-7440, G 7633, G 7637, G 7639, G 7310-7320, G 7518, G 7610+7620, G 7632, G 7521
Description: Amulets, February group: top row: [G 7510] 25-2-1 (= MFA 25.2108, Anubis), 25-2-2 (= MFA 25.2109, Shu), 25-2-3 (= MFA 27.1112, red crown), 25-2-4 (= MFA 25.2110, sow ?), 25-2-5 (= MFA 25.2111), 25-2-6 (= MFA 25.2112), 25-2-7 (= MFA 25.2113), 25-2-25 (= MFA 25.2123, Taweret), 25-2-27 (Pataikos, fragment), [street G 7500] 25-2-32 (Taweret), 25-2-33 (= MFA 25.2128), 25-2-34 (= MFA 25.2129), 25-2-35 (= MFA 27.1103, Horus the child (Haropcrates)), 25-2-36 (= MFA 25.2130, Pataikos), 25-2-37 (= MFA 25.2131, Isis and Horus), 25-2-38 (= MFA 25.2132), 25-2-40 (= MFA 25.2134, Shu), [G 7430-7440: G 7430, exterior chapel] 25-2-48 (= MFA 25.2138, Taweret), 25-2-49 (= MFA 27.1105, hawk), [street G 7500] 25-2-70 (= MFA 25.2147, Shu), 25-2-71 (= MFA 25.2148); second row: [G 7430-7440: G 7430 C] 25-2-176 (= MFA 25.2167, Taweret), 25-2-177 (= MFA 27.1097, Bes), 25-2-247 (= MFA 27.1020), [street G 7500] 25-2-259 (Shu), 25-2-260 (= MFA 25.2184, Taweret), 25-2-265 (= MFA 27.1110, white crown), [] __-__-__, [street G 7500] 25-2-276 (= MFA 27.1007, Bes), 25-2-277 (= MFA 27.1011, Khonsu), 25-2-278 (= MFA 25.2195, Bes), 25-2-284 (= MFA 27.1106, sow), 25-2-281 (= MFA 25.2198, Isis and Horus), 25-2-282 (= MFA 25.2199, Taweret), 25-2-283 (= MFA 25.2200), 25-2-286 (= MFA 25.2202); third row: [street G 7500] 25-2-395 (= MFA 27.1096, Shu), 25-2-396 (= MFA 25.2234, Shu), 25-2-397 (= MFA 25.2235, Bes ?), 25-2-398 (= MFA 25.2236, Pataikos), 25-2-399 (= MFA 25.2237, Bes ?), 25-2-512 (= MFA 25.2315, hawk), [G 7633] 25-2-517 (= MFA 25.2319, Bes), 25-2-518 (= MFA 25.2320, Pataikos), 25-2-519 (= MFA 25.2321, Pataikos), 25-2-520 (= MFA 25.2322, Sekhmet), 25-2-521 (= MFA 27.1109, cat), 25-2-522 (= MFA 25.2323, sow ?), 25-2-523 (= MFA 27.1115, flask), 25-2-524 (= MFA 27.1114, heart), [G 7510 V] 25-2-540 (= MFA 25.2337, Taweret ?), [G 7637] 25-2-550 (= MFA 27.1098, Bes), 25-2-551 (= MFA 25.2346, Isis and Horus), 25-2-552 (= MFA 25.2347, Anubis ?), 25-2-553 (= MFA 27.1113, heart), 25-2-555 (= MFA 25.2349, two amulets, sow ?), 25-2-591 (= MFA 27.1108, sow ?); fourth row: [G 7510 S] 25-2-612 (= MFA 25.2375, Taweret), 25-2-613 (= MFA 25.2376, Anubis), 25-2-614 (= MFA 25.2377, Pataikos), 25-2-615 (= MFA 25.2378, two amulets, Shu), [street G 7500] 25-2-637 (= MFA 27.1111, red crown), [G 7639] 25-2-663 (= MFA 27.1102, Taweret), [] __-__-__ (= MFA 47.1972, object mislabeled 25-2-673, unidentified deity, possibly Thoth), [G 7639 D] 25-2-723 (= MFA 27.1104, aegis), [G 7510 M] 25-2-725 (= MFA 25.2407, Pataikos), [G 7310-7320: G 7310, exterior chapel] 25-1-774 (= MFA 25.1830), [street G 7500] 25-2-799 (= MFA 27.1116), 25-2-808 (= MFA 27.1107, sow ?), 25-2-809 (= MFA 25.2430, Bes), 25-2-809 (Bes); bottom row: [street G 7500] 25-2-890 (= MFA 25.2454, two amulets, Taweret), 25-2-892 (= MFA 25.2456, Bes), [G 7518] 25-2-907 (= MFA 25.2464), [G 7510 G I] 25-2-917 (= MFA 25.2466, Anubis), [street G 7500] 25-2-927 (= MFA 27.1099, Pataikos), 25-2-927 (= MFA 25.2473, Pataikos), [G 7610+7620: G 7620 O] 25-2-950 (= MFA 25.2482), [street G 7500] 25-2-1020 (= MFA 25.2502, Taweret), 25-2-1020 (= MFA 27.1101, Taweret), 25-2-1022 (= MFA 25.2504, Pataikos), 25-2-1021 (= MFA 25.2503, two amulets, Shu), 25-2-1058 (= MFA 27.1100, Isis and Horus), 25-2-1059 (= MFA 25.2521, Pataikos), [G 7632 A] 25-2-1086 (= MFA 25.2530, Shu ?), [street G 7500] 25-1-1210 (= MFA 25.1973, Taweret, object mislabeled 25-2-1210), [G 7610+7620: G 7610 P] 25-2-1016 (= MFA 25.2501, recumbent ram, object mislabeled 25-2-1015), [G 7521 C] 25-2-1064 (= MFA 25.2523, hawk)
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