P.OxyOxyrhynchus: A City and its Texts, Virtual Exhibition: Introduction
Grenfell’s cigarettes invoice
‘14 Mill Street, Conduit Street, London W.B. P. Grenfell Esq. . . . . . 13th April 1896.
Bought of A. Heronimos, Importer of Turkish Tobacco, and Manufacturer of Turkish and Egyptian Cigarettes:
500 Best Egyptian Cigarettes . . . . £1-7-6
Recv’d with many thanks — A. Heronimos, 13th April 1896’
Grenfell’s taste in cigarettes ensured a useful supply of robust small tins for the safe packing of small fragile objects found on site. A few tins remain in the keeping of the Papyri Project.