BLUISH FAIENCE AMULET OF PATAKE

God of Memphis, and worshipped as god of the creation, said to have shaped the kosmos, patron of crafsmen and sculptors, standing naked on his bandy legs, tight skull cap on his head, holding his arms to his hips, holding fully shaped buttocks; on trapezoidal shaped base

Ex priv. coll. B.v.d. V., Netherlands, acq. from AAG Auctionhouse, Amsterdam 2020, ex coll. S.J., Lelystad, Netherlands before 2000
H. 8 cm. Intact

Late Period, 4th – 3rd cent. BC