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Amulet of Pataikos
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia(Sudan), El-Kurru, Ku 53
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.686
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis amulet is of a blue glazed faience standing figure with a knife in each hand. There is a scarab on the head, representing Pataikos, and cynocephalus crowned with disc on each shoulder.
There is also a sitting cat beside each leg. The arm and cynocephalus on the right side are missing. In reverse shows the cynocephalus sitting on "nub" sign, crowned horns and disc. It is housed with 24.685.
There is also a sitting cat beside each leg. The arm and cynocephalus on the right side are missing. In reverse shows the cynocephalus sitting on "nub" sign, crowned horns and disc. It is housed with 24.685.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 53 (tomb of Queen Tabiry). 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)