Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7200, street G 7300, street G 7100, avenue G 2, G 7310-7320, G 7410-7420, street G 7400, G 7510, G 7811, street G 7500
Faience amulet of Ptah-[Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; head half. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_25-1-1375
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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: 1.2 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: 25.2075
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/30/1925
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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
