M0005235: Cast of an Ancient Egyptian wall carving showing a circumcision scene

Date:: 15 September 1937

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/42/71

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005164-M0005269WT/D/1/20/1/42
        M0005235: Cast of an Ancient Egyptian wall carving showing a circumcision sceneWT/D/1/20/1/42/71

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M0005235: Cast of an Ancient Egyptian wall carving showing a circumcision scene. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Egypt, wall carving showing a circumcision scene, Sakkara

Description

Photograph of a cast of a wall carving from the Tomb of the Physician at Saqqara, Egypt. The upper section of the carving showsn operation on a foot. The lower section shows a male circumcision scene. The cast was on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

15 September 1937

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 11.5 x 14 cm

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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 2020.

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