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Amulet of Pataikos
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shebitka or Taharqa
712–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia(Sudan), Meroe
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.754
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis faience figure of Pataikos has a faded glaze. He has a scarab on head, hawks on his shoulders and crocodiles under his feet. Winged Sekhmet is at the back, and there is an incised eye on the base.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W), 605. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.