Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray

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Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray

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Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray, possibly the instruments of a Coptic doctor in Upper Egypt, case missing, Coptic

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A63532
Materials:
tray, fabric and tray, wood
Measurements:
tray: length 260 mm
tray: width 175 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Hamonic Collection

Parts

Three green glass bottles, pear shaped, one with stopper contains unidentifiable drug

Three green glass bottles

Three green glass bottles, pear shaped, one with stopper contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 60 mm
width 25 mm
Materials:
glass , wood, ? material and fabric
Object Number:
A63532 Pt1
type:
bottle
Green glass bottle, pear shaped, contains unidentifiable drug

Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle, pear shaped, contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 60 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A63532 Pt2
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle, pear shaped with constricted neck and handles either side of neck, with stopper

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, pear shaped with constricted neck and handles either side of neck, with stopper

Measurements:
length 72 mm
width 40 mm
Materials:
glass , wood, ? material and fabric
Object Number:
A63532 Pt3
type:
bottle
Green glass bottle, cylindrical, with stopper, contains unidentifiable drug

Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle, cylindrical, with stopper, contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 77 mm
width 18 mm
Materials:
glass and wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt4
type:
bottle
Wooden albarello, cylindrical, with lid

Wooden albarello

Wooden albarello, cylindrical, with lid

Measurements:
length 100 mm
diameter 30 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt5
type:
albarello
Bronze probe, slightly bulbous end, other end decorated with incised decoration

Bronze probe

Bronze probe, slightly bulbous end, other end decorated with incised decoration

Measurements:
length 140 mm
width 4 mm
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A63532 Pt6
type:
probes
Bronze tube, incised with geometric decoration

Bronze tube

Bronze tube, incised with geometric decoration

Measurements:
length 90 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A63532 Pt7
type:
tubes
Three rocks, unidentified

Three rocks, unidentified

Three rocks, unidentified

Measurements:
maximum: length 20 mm
maximum: width 20 mm
Materials:
rock
Object Number:
A63532 Pt8
type:
rocks
Wooden tray, with twelve items sewn in place, possibly the instruments of a Coptic doctor in Upper Egypt, Coptic

Wooden tray

Wooden tray, with twelve items sewn in place, possibly the instruments of a Coptic doctor in Upper Egypt, Coptic

Measurements:
tray: length 260 mm
tray: width 175 mm
Materials:
tray, fabric and tray, wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt9
type:
tray

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