Tutu was an obscure god venerated mainly in the Graeco-Roman Period1, represented as a human-headed striding lion with a snake head tail-ending or as a more complex composition1. The god was believed to repel malevolent forces of demons or deities. Amulets of Tutu are extremely rare2
Gold L 3.5, H 2.0 Late Period
© 2002 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps #E 3882
White and blue glass
flat back H 1.8, W 1.7
Ptolemaic Period
MET #17.194.2517
Turquoise/yellow/green
glaze L 2.1, H 1.3, W 0.4
Roman Period
Private collection DA
References
1Wilkinson R H. The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, 2003, Thames & Hudson, p. 183
2Unpublished amulet. For a bronze see The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago #1894.884