M0016456: Two Egyptian amulets shaped as the Sema symbol of unity

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Egyptian amulet showing 'SMA', emblem of union...

Photograph of two Egyptian amulets held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. One was purchased at auction in 1920 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R1388/1939). The other was acquired at an unknown point.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: acc. number R1388/1939

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.

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