| Editor |
Gania Dolev. |
| Curators |
Etan Ayalon, Hagit Sorek. |
| Imprint |
Tel Aviv, Israel, 2006. 59 pp., 133 pp.*, illustrations: 99 col., 15 b&w, 23.8 × 17.2 cm. Hebrew and English. |
| Location |
Eretz Israel Museum (30 May–31 December 2006) |
| Description |
The role of the poppy plant and its opium derivative throughout the ages. With sections on use of the poppy in Eretz Israel and its environs: during the biblical period, during the period of the Mishnah and Talmud, amongst oriental Jews (for medicinal purposes), etc. Exhibits included an ancient chancel screen from a synagogue or church in Eretz Israel (p. 61), and a Hanukkah lamp from Afghanistan which was kindled by poppy seed oil (p. 33). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
ERETZ ISRAELOPIUMPOPPY PLANT |
| minor keywords |
Archaeological findsHanukkah lampsSynagogue chancel screens |
| Related ephemera |
Invitation to exhibition opening, 20 × 10 cm. |