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Amulet of Pataikos
Egyptian or Greek, Ptolemaic
Late Period or Hellenistic Period
6th–4th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Height: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis schematically carved amulet of dark blue stone represents the protective deity Pataikos. The god is shown as a nude, bald, pot-bellied dwarf. There ia a hole at the back of the neck for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)