Egyptian Faience Pataikos Amulet

A large ancient Egyptian green faience amulet of Pataikos standing on the snouts of two crocodiles, holding snakes in his hands. On the back a winged goddess wearing a solar disc, and on the sides stand the goddesses Isis and Nephtys.

Late Dynastic Period,

Ca. 525 - 343 BC.

Height: 2 in. (5.1 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 an American private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1994.

Inv#: 8335

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$6,000