An ancient Egyptian blue faience amulet of the bandy-legged dwarf god Patiakos, nude, hands at his hips, a scarab on top of his head, with a loop at the back for suspension and integral base.
Late Period.
Ca. 700 - 30 BC.
Height: 1 in. (2.5 cm).
Pataikos or Ptah the dwarf, was generally depicted as a broad-headed, bandy legged, youthful, sometimes janiform, dwarf. He was the protector of children.
Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.