M0019180: Impressions from three cylinder seals

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

Impressions from three seals. The seal on the left is is Babylonian, made of soapstone and incised with an image of two worshippers and three columns of cuneiform inscription. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R482/1937). The middle seal is Babylonian, made of haematite and incised with images of three standing deities. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1938 (R2309/1938). The right seal was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A167903

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: R482/1937 and R2309/1938

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.