M0015220: Head of Asclepius with hollowed back, excavated at Byblos

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Head of Aesculapius with hollowed back, excavated at Byblos

Photograph of carved bust of Asclepius. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R12559/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

September 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R12559/1936

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.