M0014665: Cylinder seal and sketch depicting Nergal, Mesopotamian God of plague and pestilence, c.1800 B.C.

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Cylinder seal and sketch depicting Nergal, God of plague.

Photograph of a Mesopotamian cylinder seal and impression of the seal depicting Nergal, God of plague and pestilence, with the crooked stick that is his symbol. The item was purchased at auction in 1931 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R482/1937).

1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R482/1937

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.