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

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

Head fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-[Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_25-2-27
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Street G 7500, mastaba G 7510, [interior chapel], debris
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 1.4 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date of Register Entry

02/01/1925
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.

Fragment of faience amulet of Ptah-Sokar (Pataikos)