Relief tablet depicting human figures

Made:: 3000BCE-100CE in Egypt

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Soapstone relief, tablet, depicting two human figures, one standing on a crocodile with a headdress with the other above the former, Ancient Egyptian 3,000BCE-100CE

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656328

Materials:: soapstone

Measurements:: overall: 133 mm x 45 mm x 20 mm,

type:: tablet - surface and relief

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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Relief tablet depicting human figures

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