M0019179: Impressions from three cylinder seals

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Impression from cylinder seal.

Impressions from three seals. On the left is a greenstone seal incised with two lines of inscription and three figures. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1938 (R2360/1938). The middle seal is Assyrian, made of stone and incised with images of birds and animals. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R479/1937). The right seal is made of black haematite and incised with an image of a deity and worshippers and three lines of inscription. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2370/1938).

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R2360/1938, R479/1937 and R2370/1938

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.