M0015289: Reverse of a carved enigmatic pebble from Picquigny, Somme

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Reverse of a carved enigmatic pebble from Picquigny, Somme.

Photograph of a carved pebble. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1924 and given accession number A263511. It was later given object number R14198/1936. It was transferred to the British Museum in 1966. It featured in an article by A. D. Lacaille published in Antiquaries Journal, vol.17, 1937.

October 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R14198/1936

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.