Human Stones from excavation at Jebel Moya, 1911-1914

Made:
5000-1 BCE in Jebel Moya

4 human urinary calculi from prehistoric cemetery of Gebel-Moya, Sudan, from a late Neolithic combined cemetery and settlement locality in south-central Sudan. It was excavated from 1911-14 over four seasons by Sir Henry Wellcome

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A631395
Materials:
calcium, calcareous concretions
type:
human remains and calculi
credit:
Wellcome Trust