Year of Object(s) Creation: 400 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving, Plaque or Tablet
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Iran
Provenience Location: Iran
Year Removed from Findspot: 1936

Provenance
Start Year: 2019
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to Iran
Nation: Iran
Location:
Start Year: 1936
End Year: 2018
Circumstance of Acquisition: Lent to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago for research purposes
Nation: United States
Location: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

1,784 Iranian Persepolis Fortification Tablets


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2018
Year Claim Resolved: 2019
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

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

Respondent Name: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Edited by Arianne Ohara