M0007476: Relief of an Apkallu figure

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/64/30
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: EA. - Babylonian Deity of Healing, winged figure with offerings.

Description

Photograph of a relief depicting an Apkallu figure in the British Museum with caption 'winged figure with offerings' carved into the stone underneath. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 27th November 1936 (PHO 9012).

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 9012.

Notes

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 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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Where to find it

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