Amulet of Pataikos on Crocodiles

late 4th-mid 3rd century BCE (early Ptolemaic)

4.2 cm 7.9 cm 2 cm

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This dwarf-like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt; amulets in the shape of this god were particularly popular from the Third Intermediate period. The Greek name Pataikos comes from a passage in the writings of Herodotus (ca. 5th century BCE), who used this te...

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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