M0003502: Reproduction of a photograph of the false door for the tomb of the physician of King Sahure, 5th dynasty

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Egypt, The false door of the tomb of the physician of

Photograph taken of the false door of the tomb of the physician, Ni-Ankh-Skhmet, of the ancient Egyptian King Sahure from the 5th dynasty. The large male and female figures appear to be the physician and his wife.This was located in the Cairo Museum.

30 May 1933

1 photograph glass plate negative; 18 x 24 cm

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.