M0019796EA: Magical stela, or cippus, of Horus: front view

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Figure, Cippus of Horus, Egyptian

Photograph of a stela, or cippus, of Horus, a healing and protective Egyptian statue of Horus showing him standing on two crocodiles. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1945 (accession number R90/1945). Related images: M0019796EB, M0019796EC, M0019796ED, M0019796EE, M0019796EF

January 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R90/1945

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.