Year of Object(s) Creation: 300 CE (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Obelisk
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Ethiopia
Provenience Location: Aksum, Ethiopia
Year Removed from Findspot: 1937

Provenance
Start Year: 1937
End Year: 2005
Circumstance of Acquisition: Removed during annexation of Ethiopia by Italy
Nation: Italy
Location: Piazza di Porta Capena, Rome

Ethiopian Aksum Obelisk


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1947
Year Claim Resolved: 2004
Means of Resolution: Arbitration

Complainant Name: Government of Ethiopia
Complainant Nation: Ethiopia
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Government of Italy
Respondent Nation: Italy
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
The University of Geneva's ArThemis project (reference in URL above) offers in-depth documentation and discussion of this dispute. Edited by Tali Maximon