M0019163: Impressions from two cylinder seals

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

Impressions from two cylinder seals. The one on the left was Babylonian and incised with a lion fighting a bull and a repeated image of the sun god. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1937 (R523/1937). The one on the right was made of white stone and carved with images of animals and men in combat. It was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2366/1938).

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R523/1937 and R2366/1938

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.