M0015221: Head of Serapis with a modius

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Head of Serapis

Alabaster sculpture of the head of Serapis with a modius. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1925 and accessioned in 1946 (accession number R221/1946). 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 R219/1946

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.