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

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

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.

15 September 1937

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

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.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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