M0019401: Roman ointment box in lead with lid, Pompeii

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Ointment box in lead with lid, Pompeii

Photograph of a lead ointment box with lid, c.79 A.D., found at Pompeii. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1916 (accession number R4194)

May 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R4194

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.