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playing-card
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playing-card-box
Object Type
playing-card
playing-card-box
Museum number
EPH-ME.330
Description
Set of 56 playing cards (including joker and manufacturer's cards) showing sites and antiquities at risk in Iraq and Afghanistan entitled "Respect Iraqi and Afghan Heritage"; printed paper; in original packet.
Production date
July 2007
Production place
Made in:
USA
Materials
cardboard
Technique
printed
Dimensions
Height:
8.80 centimetres
Thickness:
1.70 centimetres
Width:
6.30 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Condition
Mint, in original packet
Associated places
Associated with:
Iraq
Associated with:
Afghanistan
Topographic representation of:
Hana Qadim
Topographic representation of:
Qalai Bost
Named in inscription:
Girsu (historic - Lagash)
Topographic representation of:
Isin
Named in inscription:
Kabul
, looted museum scene
Named in inscription:
Nimrud
Named in inscription:
Warka
Named in inscription:
Nippur
Named in inscription:
Nineveh (Iraq)
Named in inscription:
Hadda
Topographic representation of:
Nebi Yunus
Topographic representation of:
Samarra
Topographic representation of:
Taq-i Kisra
Topographic representation of:
Ur (historic - city)
Topographic representation of:
Mosul
Topographic representation of:
Tell Rimah
Named in inscription:
Tell Asmar
Topographic representation of:
Bamiyan
Acquisition name
Donated by:
John E Curtis
Acquisition date
2007
Acquisition notes
Given to the donor at Unesco conference in Paris, November 2007.
Department
Middle East
Registration number
EPH-ME.330