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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Faience |
MOUNTED | No |
Bluish-green in color, depicting the dwarf god Pataikos standing on a plinth, the god with a scarab on his head and a Horus-falcon on each shoulder, holding a serpent in each hand, flanked by a standing figure of Isis to his right, and sister Nephthys to his left, the flat-back stele-form pillar incised with a winged Isis wearing a horned sun-disk, pierced behind his head for suspension.
The Pataikos cippus amulet, like the closely related examples featuring Horus-the-Child, was designed to give magical protection against noxious creatures, such as crocodiles and serpents. For a complete discussion of the type see pp. 38-39 in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
Ben-Tor, Daphna, The Immortals of Ancient Egypt, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1997, for a related.
Derriks, Antiquités égyptiennes au musée royal de Mariemont, 2009, pp. 238-239.
Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, p. 39, no. 34.
Christie's Antiquities, New York, 11 December 2003, no. 18, illus., for a closely related example.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Faience |
MOUNTED | No |