M0017573: Curved knife and instrument of copper wire found at Thebes

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Curved knife and instrument of copper wire. From the series of Graeco-Roman surgical and toilet instruments found at Thebes.

Photograph of a curved knife and instrument of copper wire, possibly a torque, part of a series of Greco-Roman surgical and toilet instruments found at Thebes. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the Hamonic Collection and accessioned in 1928 (accession number R29389 to R29381). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

September 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R29389 and R29381

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.

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