Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7690, street G 7600, G 7600 X, avenue G 2, G 7650, G 7660, G 7000 SE 74, G 7600 W, G 7750
Small faience amulet [of Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; blue glaze, double sided, pierced. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- GEM_6276
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Pit G 7660 Y
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 1.2 x 1.5 cm; Weight: 4 g
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_53855
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_7/3093
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_29-2-71
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_6276, formerly EMC_JE_53855)
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- Period
- Late Period
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- Date of Register Entry
- 02/17/1929
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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
