M0019172: Impressions from three cylinder seals

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Impression from cylinder seal.

Impressions from three seals. On the left is a black stone seal incised with a scene from the Gilgamesh epic and lines of inscription. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1938 (R2359/1938). The middle seal is made of black stone incised with an image of Gilgamesh, Enkidu and five animals. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1923 and accessioned in 1930 (accession number R38165). The right seal was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1920 and given accession number A77346.

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for two of the items: R14356/1936 and R38165

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.