Marble relief of Totoes

Classification

votive offering ; votive relief

Culture

Roman ; Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

35,3 x 63,6 x 10 cm

Date

120–150

Period

2nd century A.D.

Material

Thasian marble ; marble analysis

Iconography

Tutu ; tail shaped as a snake ; crocodile-headed figure ; donkey-headed figure ; scorpion ; dagger ; snake ; human head ; crown, headdress, hairstyle

Findspot

Amphipolis

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Zsolnay (Wix), Adolf (1866–1932)

Inventory

50.958

Hyp-6680

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 198–199, fig. 132; Mihailov, in BullMusHong 60–61 (1983), 171, no. 2; Kákosy, in BullMusHong 24 (1964); Picard, in ActaAntHung 5 (1957); Picard, in MonPiot 50 (1958); Veymiers, in BCH 131/1 (2009)

The cults of lesser-known Egyptian deities were diffused beyond the Nile: the relief that was erected in honour of the sphinx-shaped Totoes – Egyptian Tutu – originates from Imperial period Macedonia.

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of Thasian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.