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Wax model of a plague scene, Europe, 1657

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1657

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Ruler for laying out sundials, signed "H (Hilkiah)

Time Measurement

1657

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Silver vinatigrette, shouldered body tapering to s

Pharmacy-ware

1701-800

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Roughly octagonal stone mortar, with two lugs, six

Pharmacy-ware

1657

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Tin glazed earthenware albarello bearing a monastic(?) emblem, later used for unknown seeds, Spanish, 18th century

Tin glazed earthenware albarello bearing a monasti

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-800
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Albarello used for belleric myrobalan, empty, Spanish, 1701-1800

Albarello used for belleric myrobalan, empty, Span

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-800
Excavated middle bronze age, mandible showing ground teeth and periostitis, Welsh, 1750-1251BC

Human Jaw Bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1750-1250 BCE
One of six English silver coins of the Realm, Charles II, fourpence 1660-85.

Charles II fourpence

Weighing & Measuring

1660-185
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Bronze coin, artist unknown, coin possibly French, 1657

Bronze coin, artist unknown, coin possibly French,

Wellcome Medals

1657
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE
Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Deruta, Italian, 1657

Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Derut

Medical Ceramic-ware

1657
Bronze medal to commemorate the founding of a hospital for women, possibly Saint Elisabeth's hospital, Italy, dated 1657, possibly a fake

Bronze medal to commemorate the founding of a hosp

Wellcome Medals

1657