M0007474: Painting of a relief, possibly depicting Adapa

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Sumerian deity of Healing, Adapa, painting of a relief

Reproduction of a painting of a relief, possibly depicting Adapa, an Apkallu figure of the Mesopotamian gods. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 26th August 1935 (PHO 3868).

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 3868.

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.

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