Object owner details: MFA accession number: 24.2514

Findspot: Eastern Cemetery, [Avenue G 1], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b

Faience

Expedition Measurements: Height: 1.4 cm Width: .725 cm Thickness: .5 cm

Description: Faience amulet of [Ptah-Sokar in form of dwarf (Pataikos)]; green glaze, back flat, bored through back of neck. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

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.