Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · amulet

Amulet of the God Pataikos

Source of record: Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Small turquoise-blue faience amulet shaped as a seated/standing dwarf-like male figure with a bald head and incised facial features.

The object is a small, rounded faience figure with a blue-green glaze and darker mottling. It depicts a nude/torsoed male deity-like dwarf figure with a large head, downcast eyes, arched brows, and a short beard or chin ornament indicated by incised lines. The figure’s arms are lifted near the sides with clenched hands, and the legs are bent/held close, ending in small feet. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or alphabetic text are visible on the image. The surface shows typical ceramic/glas fine pitting and a slightly worn base edge consistent with an amulet.

religious unclear (likely Late Period/Ptolemaic faience amulet type, but cannot be confirmed from this image alone) good
Deities Pataikos
Materials Faience (blue-green glazed)

Connections

Deities Pataikos
Materials Faience

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 141295 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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