Year of Object(s) Creation: 20 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 9,000,000
Object Type(s): Mosaic, Statue
Object Material(s): bronze, marble, metal, stone
Provenience Nation: Lebanon
Provenience Location: Lebanon
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2023
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Repatriated to the Lebanese government
Nation: Lebanon
Location:
Start Year: 2022 (approximate)
End Year: 2023
Circumstance of Acquisition: Nine mosaics were recovered from a criminal investigation into Georges LOTFI, who was an alleged antiquities trafficker; others were allegedly trafficked by Giovanni Franco Becchina, Robin Symes, and Jerome Eisenberg
Nation: United States
Location: New York

12 Lebanese Antiquities


Description:
Of the twelve antiquities, there were ten mosaics, "Castor" and "Pollux" marble statuettes, and a bronze statuette of a worshipper.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2022 (approximate)
Year Claim Resolved: 2023
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Lebanese Government
Complainant Nation: Lebanon
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Lebanese antiquities dealer Georges Lofti
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Edited by Keli Fisher