M0019176: Impressions from three cylinder seals

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

Impressions from three seals. On the left is a Babylonian haematite seal incised with images of human figures, deities and an animal. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1937 (R478/1937). The middle seal is made of haematite inscribed with an image of the deity Ishtar in a circle of clubs setting forth to battle. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2358/1938). The right seal is Babylonian made of stone and incised with human figures. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2365/1938).

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: R478/1937 and R2358/1938 and R2365/1938

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.