10,000 Cuneiform Tablets
10,000 Cuneiform Tablets

Year of Object(s) Creation: 3500 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Plaque or Tablet
Object Material(s): Clay
Provenience Nation: Iraq
Provenience Location:
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2013
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to the Iraqi government in a transfer brokered by the U.S. attorney's office in Binghamton, New York
Nation: Iraq
Location:
Start Year: 2000
End Year: 2013
Circumstance of Acquisition: New York antiquities collector, Jonathan Rosen, and his family began donating and lending the tablets to Cornell University
Nation: United States
Location: Cornell University
Start Year: 1991
End Year: 2000
Circumstance of Acquisition: Allegedly looted during the Gulf War
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Location:

10,000 Iraqi Cuneiform Tablets


Description:
The tablets include the private archive of the 21st century B.C.E. Sumerian princess in the city of Garsana and administrative records of ancient life.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2012
Year Claim Resolved: 2013
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of Iraq
Complainant Nation: Iraq
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Cornell University
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Verified by Keli Fisher