M0011111: Bronze figure of the Egyptian deity Apis, depicted as a bull

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Figure of Apis - Egyptian deity. A healing divinity and one to whom the origin of medicine was ascribed. Apis is here depicted as a bull.

Figure of Apis, a healing divinity and one to whom the origin of medicine was ascribed. The item was purchased at auction in 1924 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1927 (accession numbers R28470 and R62/1945). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R68/1945 image 97)

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.