M0003497: Reproduction of a photograph of ancient Egyptian contract for a wet nurse

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Egypt, Contract.

Reproduction of a photograph taken of an ancient Egyptian contract written on papyrus. The caption states that the contract stipulates the conditions for a wet nurse in supplying breast milk and is dated to be 233 BC. It was located in the Cairo Museum Papri Room, no. 29, with the external reference 3064.

30 May 1933

1 photograph glass plate negative; 18 x 24 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 2021.

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