Antikvitetshandel på det sorte marked
"dpa German Press Agency
Published: Wednesday December 13, 2006
Baghdad- Iraqi authorities have challenged the legality of an auction of what they claim are two "stolen" ancient Sumerian artefacts, but German customs officials said the Munich sale had already taken place and could not be stopped. A customs investigator told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that a complaint was received inside Germany and an investigation carried out, but authorities concluded they had been no legal power to halt the sale, which became final on Tuesday.
One item sold was a 227-millimetre-tall, headless limestone statue of a Sumerian man that dates back to 2500 BC. The other was an 117mm-long nail made of clay which bears Sumerian inscriptions dating back to King Shulagi of the Ur dynasty in 2097-2095 BC..."
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Iraq_challenges_German_auction_of_S_12132006.html
-Chuck Jones-
Athens
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