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Amulet of Pataikos
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shebitka or Taharqa
712–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. W), Tomb 609
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.828
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis poorly preserved limestone amulet depicts the god Pataikos. Pataikos was 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 and with a scarab on his head, as here. The backof the amulet shows hawk headed figure.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W), tomb 609. 1923: 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, 1923)
(Accession date: January 1, 1923)