This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Left hand side - A6034, Bottle of water from the River Jordan at the site of the baptism of Christ, collected in March,
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Bottle of water from the River Jordan at the site of the baptism of Christ, collected in March, 1930
Contained in the glass bottle on the right is water collected from the River Jordan at the site were Jesus Christ was believed to have been be baptised by John the Baptist. The account is recorded in the New Testament of the Bible.
Pilgrims visiting this holy area will often collect samples of the water – for its perceived medicinal and health-giving qualities and as a souvenir of their pilgrimage. The bottle is shown here with a similar example (A6034).
On display
Science Museum: Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
If you are visiting to see this object, please contact us in advance to make sure that it will be on display.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Object Number:
- A6033
- Materials:
- bottle, glass, clear, stopper, cork
- type:
- bottle of water
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- vessel
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
Cite this page
Rights
We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.
Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero
Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence
Download
Download catalogue entry as json
Download 
manifest IIIF
Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.
