M0011142: Cylinder seal showing the Babylonian goddess of childbirth

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Goddess of Childbirth on cylinder seal, circa 1800-1500BC

Sketch of the impression on a cylinder seal showing the Babylonian goddess of childbirth, c.1800-1500 B.C. The cylinder was purchased at auction in 1930 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2363/1938). This sketch accompanied the cylinder as part of a display of Assyrian and Babylonian cylinders in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0011141, M0011143, M0011144, M0011148

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R2363/1938 image 158)

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 2021.

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