M0019056: Terracotta votive offerings representing the uterus, Roman

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Terracotta votive offering representing the uterus. Roman

Photograph of two Roman votive offerings in the form of a uterus. The one on the left was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1946 (accession number R368/1946). The one on the right was purchased by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Museum employee, in 1934 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R5256/1936).

May 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R368/1946 and R525

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.