Year of Object(s) Creation: 6th Century BCE
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Object Type(s): Carving, Jewelry, Painting, Sphinx
Object Material(s): ceramic, gold, metal, paint, silver, stone
Provenience Nation: Turkey
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Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged looting
Nation: Turkey
Location: Ali Bayirlar (Turkey), John Klejman (US)

Turkish Lydian Hoard


Description:
Lydian Hoard - pair of marble sphinxes, tomb paintings, jewelry and gold and silver objects - N/A

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1984
Year Claim Resolved: 1993
Means of Resolution: Litigation

Complainant Name: Government
Complainant Nation: Turkey
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Metropolitan Museum of art
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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