M0015216: Base, showing inscribed letters, of a stone carving of the head of Silenus

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Head of Silenus, on the back is warrior with spear and shield, base showing letters.

Photograph of a stone carving of the head of Silenus. On the back is carved a warrior with a spear and shield. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R14430/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0015214, M0015215

September 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 R14430/1936

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 2021.

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