M0004954: Lid of an Etruscan carved to show an aruspice (haruspex) lying down holding a liver in his left hand

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Lid of an Etruscan urn in alabaster

Reproduction of a photograph of an Etruscan lid. Reproduced in Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire generale de la medecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art veterinaire, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, 1936

30 October 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.