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Standing Pataikos

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Accession: 48.1606
Dynasty: 26th Dynasty
Date: 664-525 BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 664 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Standing Pataikos (48.1606). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220542

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<p>The dwarf god Pataikos offered protection from evil. He was a manifestation of the creator god Ptah, and became popular beginning in the New Kingdom. The name was introduced by the Greek writer Herodotus. Representations of the god were used as amulets. This was probably made during the 26th Dynasty.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1606' rel='external'>Standing Pataikos</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Ptah

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Walters-AccNum 48.1606 tier-2
Walters-id 12751 tier-2

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