Plaster copy of Roman oculist's stamp, with impressions.
400 BCE-400 CE
Plaster copy of Roman oculist's stamp, with impressions.
- Made:
- 400 BCE-400 CE in Roman Empire
Plaster cast copy of an oculist's seal, with inscriptions on two slides and twp plaster impressions, Roman
Plaster cast copy of an oculist's seal, with inscriptions on two slides, and a plaster impression of the two sets of inscriptions, Roman, original c. 400BC-400AD. Oculists were specialised eye doctors, who treated eye diseases such as cataracts. The oculist who owned the original was called Quintus Junus Tavrianos.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A640131
- Materials:
- plaster
- Measurements:
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overall: 12 mm x 38 mm x 49 mm,
- type:
- stamps (tools) and seals
- credit:
- Champion, M.
