Intaglio with Pataikos, Isis, and Nephthys
This intaglio depicts the god Pataikos standing on crocodiles and flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Above the figures is a head of Hathor with a winged sun-disk. The reverse shows an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail) encircling a scarab beetle and the magical "soroor-logos" inscription.
Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be protective.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Exhibitions
1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
7/6/1978 | Treatment | cleaned |
9/17/1998 | Examination | survey |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 1/16 x W: 9/16 (2.66 x 1.38 x 0.02 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.872