Year of Object(s) Creation: 1000 BC (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 65000
Object Type(s): Jewelry
Object Material(s): gold, metal
Provenience Nation: Iraq
Provenience Location: RoyalPalaceofKingAshur-Nasir-PalIIatNimrud
Year Removed from Findspot: 1989

Provenance

Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2017
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Iraq
Location: Iraq National Museum in Baghdad

Iraqi Neo-Assyrian Gold Earrings


Description:
A pair of Neo-Assyrian gold earrings

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2001
Year Claim Resolved: 2010
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of Iraq
Complainant Nation: Iraq
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Christie's New York
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Company

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Editor's Notes:
Part of six cultural items returned in 2010