Amulet of Ptah-Sokar

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.

The image shows six small, dark faience Egyptian amulet fragments or figures, photographed against a light background, including both squat seated/standing forms and elongated wand-like shapes.

The photographs present multiple views/individual examples of a small amulet-type object. Several pieces depict compact, three-dimensional figurative forms with rounded heads and simplified torsos; one piece on the left top appears more blocky, while the top-center and top-right pieces show a head projecting above a body. On the lower row, one object is a rounded-head figure with a thick midsection, and another is a slender elongated form with faint molded decoration. A right-side elongated piece has a clearer raised band/face-like feature and small incised or molded details, but the exact symbols are not fully legible at this resolution. No clear cartouches, readable hieroglyphs, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible. The overall surface appears dark with wear and possible loss of pigment, consistent with an older ceramic/stone-glaze artifact. The catalogue title indicates an "Amulet of Ptah-Sokar"; however, the specific iconographic features needed to confidently link these particular silhouettes to Ptah-Sokar (e.g., mummiform/priestly elements or distinctive composite iconography) are not clearly determinable from this image, so deity identification is marked as unclear.