M0019161: Impression from a Babylonian cylinder seal, 2200 B.C.

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Impression from cylinder seal.

Impression from a cylinder seal made of haematite incised with figures of a deity and worshippers and with a cuneiform inscription. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R486/1937).

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R486/1937

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 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.