playing-card; playing-card-box

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playing-card; 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
Technique
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
Acquisition date: 2007
Acquisition notes: Given to the donor at Unesco conference in Paris, November 2007.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: EPH-ME.330

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