M0013026: A human skull from Tell el Duweir
- Date:
- July 1953
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Reproduction of a photograph of a human skull trepanned in the right parietal, taken during the Wellcome-Marston archaeological research expedition at Tell el Duweir between 1936 and 1937. This skull was one of a group of 500 in a late 8th Century deposit of human remains which filled the 18th dynasty chamber, referred to as Tomb 120 in expedition reports. Related images: M0013027, M0013028, M0013029, M0013030, M0013031, M0013032, M0013033, M0013034
Publication/Creation
July 1953
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm
glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the associated report including photographs: WT/A/2/3/2
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Copyright held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.
Notes
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 2022.
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Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
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