M0019166: Impressions from two cylinder seals

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

Impressions from two cylinder seals. On the left is a stone seal incised with images of figures, animals and emblems. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1923 and accessioned in 1938 (R2369/1938). The other seal was made of diorite and incised with images of three figures and seated, winged deity. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R14443/1936)

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: R2369/1938 and R14443/1936

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.