M0019903: Greco-Roman votive offerings of teeth made in pottery

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Votive offerings of teeth made in pottery. Graeco-Roman.

Photograph of two votive offerings of teeth made in pottery., 3rd-1st century B.C., found in Italy. One set was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2505/1936). The other offering is in the shape of a double tooth. It was acquired by the Museum as part of the Gorga Collection and was accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3806/1936)

July 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R2505/1936 and R38

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.