M0011144: Cylinder seal showing the scorpion symbol of the goddess Ishkhara

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Scorpion symbol of goddess Ishkhara, circa 2400BC

A cylinder next to a sketch of the impression on a cylinder seal showing the scorpion symbol of the goddess Ishkhara, c.2400 B.C. The cylinder was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2309/1938). This sketch accompanied the cylinder as part of a display of Assyrian and Babylonian cylinders in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0011141, M0011142, M0011143, M0011148

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.