(not exact artifact in case)

Year of Object(s) Creation: 3000 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving, Plaque or Tablet, Vessel
Object Material(s): bronze, ceramic, chlorite, copper, metal, stone, terracotta
Provenience Nation: Iran
Provenience Location: Jiroft, Iran
Year Removed from Findspot: 2000 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 2005
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: returned by UK government
Nation: Iran
Location: National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2005
Circumstance of Acquisition: seized by British officials at Heathrow Airport, London
Nation: Iran
Location: Iranian Embassy in London, UK

118 Iranian Jiroft Artifacts


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2004
Year Claim Resolved: 2005
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism
Complainant Nation: Iran
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Government of the United Kingdom
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor: Eliza Rodi