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Amulet of a ram-headed Pataikos
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, el-Kurru, tomb 4
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x width: 8.5 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.681
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis blue glazed faience amulet represents a nude, round-bellied, ram headed human figure grasping a pair of knives. On his shoulders are a pair of uraeus serpents and a dog-headed baboon stands beside each knee. He wears a headdress of horns, feathers, and three uraeae. On the reverse in relief is a winged lion-headed female figure. Amulets of this type were worn for protection.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 51 (tomb of an unidentified queen of Piankhy). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: January 1, 1924)
(Accession date: January 1, 1924)