British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · other
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Description
Rectangular tin advertisement for Laurens cigarettes. The centre of the advertisement features the drawing of a sphinx under a starry night, with a crescent moon on top. Beneath the sphinx are two inscriptions, one in Latin block capital letters, and the other in Arabic, in Persian calligraphy. Both inscriptions read "LAURENS CIGARETTES". In the… View more about description
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA87903 tier-2
- BM-Registration 2018,1002.167 tier-2
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