M0011113: Figure of the Egyptian Moon God Thoth / M0011114: Bronze figure of the Egyptian deity Bes, protector of childbirth

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Figure of Thoth, Egyptian Moon God

Two images on one negative: the first is a figure with a blue glaze of Thoth, the Egyptian Moon God, divinity of wisdom and possessor of every kind of knowledge including medicine. The item was purchased at auction in 1911 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1917 (accession numbers R6509 and R128/1936). The second is of a bronze figure that was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1917 (accession numbers R6536 and R68/1945). Neither item is held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1949

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R6509, acc. Number R128/1936, acc. number R6509 and acc. Number R68/1945

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.