Year of Object(s) Creation: 2000 B.C. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 200
Object Type(s): Cylinder Seal
Object Material(s): alabaster, marble
Provenience Nation: Iraq
Provenience Location: Baghdad
Year Removed from Findspot: 2003 (approximate)

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged purchase by Braude
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4,000 Year Old Iraqi Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals


Description:
4,000-year-old Mesopotamian cylinder seals

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2003
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Means of Resolution: Litigation

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

Respondent Name: Joseph Braude
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
Michael Jansen, War and Cultural Heritage: Cyprus after the 1974 Turkish Invasion (Univ. Minnesota, 2005).