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GYŐRY, HEDVIG: To the Interpretation of Pataikos Standing on Crocodiles

ate Period: pieces from Matmar

89 and Abu Roash

90

), parallel to the phenomenon that the scarab does not occur among the attributes on the amulets of other gods. The Pataikos seal amulets most probably express the concept rebirth I life, similar to the other seal amulets, meaning also deduced from their inscriptions and shapes. From the beginning the dwarf representations had protective function

91 and when they are mentioned in the texts also their apothropaic character is stressed,

92 even when related to the corps of Osiris.

93 Although they could have many kinds of appearance they were rarely separated by names. In the magical texts the dwarf gods often appeared as a manifestation of Re / Re-Harachti

94 or Ptah

95 and in spite of their denomination as dwarf they could also be giants

96 (rm.t S). They could be identified with Osiris

97 and also connected

98 or identified

99 with Horus and Cheperi. Their images were hung on the neck. According to the magical Papyrus Turin 1993

100 Geb wore dwarf amulet and in other texts, especially from the Late Period, this type of amulet was hung on the neck of the goddess Neith.

101 Moreover the dwarf god probably had 89 Brunton, op. cit. (note 5), pi. LVIII, nos. 37, 38, 735, 1227, 1246, tomb no. 41 = Andrews, op. cit. (note 5), p. 39, fig. 36b. 90 Buisson de la Roque, op. cit. (note 5), pl. 2 - based on the pictures it is not clear that his hands are empty or he holds something and what that is. 91 Ballod, op. cit. (note 2), pp. 22-27, 37, etc. 92 CT II, 153, Sp. 132a, CT II, 161, Sp. 136c. 93 Magical Harris Pap. U. 8. 10-12: nmw takes care of the deceased; BD 164; Cerny, J. - Posener, G., Papyrus hiératiques de Deir el-Médineh I, Le Caire 1978, DFIFAO 8, pp. 9-11, pap. no. 4, text no. 4. 94 Sauneron, S., L'hymne au soleil levant des papyrus de Berlin 3050, 3056 et 3048. BIT AO 53 (1953) p. 70, viii, 2. 95 Wolf, W., Der Berliner Ptah-Hymnus (P. 3048, II-XII), ZÄS 64 (1929) p. 18. 96 E. g. Cerny - Posener, op. cit. (note 93), pp. 9-10; Lange, H.O., Der Magische Papyrus Harris, Copenhagen 1927, 74, II. 1^1, P. VIII

, 9-10; Derchain. P.

, Le Papyrus Salt 825 (BM 10051 ), Rituel pour la conservation de la vie. I., Brussels 1965, pp. 141, 175-176, nn. 117-123, II. p.12; Griffith. F. Ll., - Thompson, H., The Demotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden I, London 1904, pp. 82-83; Borghouts, op. cit. (note 81), p. 146, n. 347; Sauneron, S.,Le papyrus magique illustré de Brooklyn (Brooklyn Museum 47. 218.156), New York 1970, p. 26, note 4/4. 97 Cerny - Posener, op. cit. (note 93), p. 9. 98 Klasens, A., A Magical Statue Base (Socle Béhague) in the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden. Leiden, 1952, OMRO 33 (1953), IV. f. 9-10, pp. 56, 94; Sander-Hansen, C. E.,Die Texte der Metternichstele. Copenhagen 1956, p. 72,1. 223. 99 Herma van Voss, M., Zwei ungewöhnliche Darstellungen des ägyptischen Sonnengottes, Visible Religion 4-5 (1985-86) pp. 73-75; Dasen, V., Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece, Oxford 1993, p. 49, figs. 5.1-3; BD 165; cf. assimilation of Bes and the scarab: Roeder, G., Ägyptische Bronzenfiguren, Berlin 1956, p. 102. par. 147a, p. 102-3, par. 148a; Lexa, F., Papyrus Insinger, Les enseignements moraux d'un scribe égyptien du 1er siècle. Paris, 1926, 1, p. 77, II, p. 63, 24.8-9. 100 Pleyte W. - Rossi, F., Papyrus de Turin. Leiden 1869-76, p. 124, 1.14 = el-Sayed, R., La déesse Neith de Sais II. Documentation, BdÉ 86, Le Caire 1982, p. 372, doc. 382; Borghouts, op. cit. (note 81), p. 154, no. 370 - is it joined for the protection of Geb against snakes?; cf. Bonnet, H., RÁJÍG, pp. 202-203; Jankuhn, Das Buch „Schutz des Hauses" (si pr), Bonn 1972, p. 88. 101 Daressy, G., Textes et dessins magiques, Le Caire, 1903, pp. 40-41, on the left side of the chair, 4851; cf. el-Sayed, op. cit. (note 100) /, p. 131, If p. 468, doc. 640; Borghouts, op. cit. (note 81), p. 154, no. 370: CG 9403, JdE 47280; Porter. B. - Moss. R.L.B.

. PM VI, p. 162 (312), girdle wall, inner face, north wall, west part, top register; Chassinat, E., Le Temple d'Edfu VI, Le Caire, 1931 ; MMAF 23, pp. 147-149, 30\=Chassmat,E.,LeTempled'EdfuVol.X.2,LeOd\re, I960; el-Sayed, op. cit. (note 100), p. 131,II, p. 592, doc. 950.