M0019175: Impressions from three cylinder seals

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

Impressions from three seals. On the left is a black diorite seal incised with images of three male figures It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1924 and accessioned in 1930 (accession number R38166). The middle seal was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A172987. The right seal is made of stone and incised with images of human figures. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1933 and given accession number A167910

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for two of the items: R38166 and A167910

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.