# Artifacts: The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)

> The 16 artifacts of The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud): photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**MYS** 0CVC1SMW1WNQ·[The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)

# Artifacts 16

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

Photo1 step from object

[Photograph: The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC1SD26YNC/photograph-the-somerton-man-tamam-shud)

Australian police · Public domain

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[The Rubaiyat (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1941) with the pencilled code and telephone number: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2AQR0388/the-rubaiyat-whitcombe-and-tombs-1941-with-the-pencilled)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

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[Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2AQR0E0T/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Photo1 step from object

[Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2AQR4SK0/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Photo1 step from object

[Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2AZJ0Q4X/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair)

Australian police · Public domain

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[The "Tamam Shud" scrap: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2B7C5GEZ/the-tamam-shud-scrap-photo)

South Australia Police · Public domain (PD-US, too simple for copyright)

Photo1 step from object

[Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2B7C73T6/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair)

Australian police. File originally uploaded on English Wikipedia in January 11, · Public domain

Photo1 step from object

[Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2BF65YH0/plaster-bust-death-cast-of-the-somerton-man-with-hair)

Solusinaeternum · Public domain

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[The Rubaiyat (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1941) with the pencilled code and telephone number:…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2C6M2ZP7/the-rubaiyat-whitcombe-and-tombs-1941-with-the-pencilled)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

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[Brown suitcase and contents: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2CEE44T8/brown-suitcase-and-contents-photo)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

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[The "Tamam Shud" scrap: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2CY21PV9/the-tamam-shud-scrap-picture)

South Australia Police · Public domain (PD-US, too simple for copyright)

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[Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2CY22M0G/police-photographs-of-the-body-and-of-where-it-lay-december)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Photo1 step from object

[Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2D5W44X2/police-photographs-of-the-body-and-of-where-it-lay-december)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

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[Brown suitcase and contents: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2DXA4R4B/brown-suitcase-and-contents-picture)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Photo1 step from object

[Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2EMR4BSD/police-photographs-of-the-body-and-of-where-it-lay-december)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

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[Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/copies/CPY0CVC2F4C649J/police-photographs-of-the-body-and-of-where-it-lay-december)

South Australia Police · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)