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cigarette-packet
;
cigarette
Object Type
cigarette-packet
cigarette
Museum number
EPH-ME.437
Description
Packet of twenty 'Byblos' cigarettes in original plastic sleeve, printed motif on the paper/cardboard packet repeated on front and back of a Phoenician ship.
Production date
2009
Production place
Factory in:
Lebanon
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Sidon (historic - Phoenicia)
Materials
plastic
cardboard
paper
tobacco leaf
Technique
printed
Dimensions
Length:
8.40 centimetres
Thickness:
2.40 centimetres
Width:
5.90 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; unopened.
Associated places
Associated with:
Phoenicia
Named in inscription:
Byblos (historic - Phoenicia)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Pippa Pearce
Donated by:
Sarah Collins
Acquisition date
2009
(19 August)
Department
Middle East
Registration number
EPH-ME.437