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LicenseFramed plaster copy of bas relief showing surgical operations
Science Museum Group Collection
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Framed plaster copy of bas relief showing surgical operations
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Framed plaster copy of bas relief showing surgical operations, original Egyptian, 2500BC, copy European, 1801-1930
The copy of the stone bas-relief shows a male circumcision in process, an operation common in ancient Egypt and practised from c. 2000 BCE.
Circumcision is an ancient surgical procedure often carried out as part of religious or cultural beliefs. Occasionally, there are also medical reasons for the operation.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A608166
- Materials:
- plaster and wood, frame
- type:
- bas relief and cast
