M0009019: Eygptian surgical papyrus, from Breasted: The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus (1930)

Date:
June 1944
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Reproduction of a section of papyrus covering cases 9 to 12 in an Ancient Egyptian surgical treatise. The reproduction is from Breasted, James Henry: The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus : published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two volumes, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. Related images: M0013435, M0013486

Publication/Creation

June 1944

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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