Alabaster plaque
- Made:
- 700-501
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Alabaster plaque, carved with what appears to be an early smoking scene, showing a hookah style pipe. The inscription along the top might be Greek, said to be Assyrian. Probably much later, but difficult to identify time or place, so Assyrian(?) 7th to 6th centuries BC
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A158331
- Materials:
- alabaster
- type:
- plaque
- credit:
- Glendining
