Year of Object(s) Creation: 2nd century BCE
Estimated Value ($USD): 1,750,000
Object Type(s): Sculpture, Statue
Object Material(s): marble
Provenience Nation: Albania
Provenience Location: Butrint, Albania
Year Removed from Findspot: 1991

Provenance
Start Year: 1991
End Year: 2000
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegal excavation
Nation: Greece
Location: Greek private residence
Start Year: 2000
End Year: 2008
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegal purchase
Nation: Greece
Location: Attica

Two Albanian Marble Statues of Artemis and Apollo


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1991
Year Claim Resolved: 2008
Means of Resolution: Arbitration

Complainant Name: Governement of Albania
Complainant Nation: Albania
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

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

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Editor's Notes:
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The two statues were returned to the natural locations where they were originally placed after they were carved by artisans. Edited by JS