M0019164: 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 the image of a goddess flanked by votaries. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1938 (R2363/1938). The other seal was made of haematite and incised with the image of a votary before his god. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R14442/1936).

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: R2363/1938 and R14442/1936

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.