M0014563: Romano-British skull, used for a foundation ritual burial

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Romano-Brithish skull, used for a foundation burial.

Photograph of a Romano-British skull uncovered from a wall near the entrance to a temple at Richborough, Kent. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1955 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R41/1956)

1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R41/1956

Copyright 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.

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