M0011149: Assyro-Babylonian oil beaker

Date:
November 1949
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/99/4
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Assyro-Babylonian oil beaker.

Description

Black plaster cast of an Assyro-Babylonian oil beaker with relief decoration showing two winged animal figures and an entwined snake. The item was acquired from Paris by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. It is not held by Wellcome Collection. The original is possibly held by the Louvre, Paris. Related images: M0011150

Publication/Creation

November 1949

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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