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Posted 2008 12 16 Mathaba News Network Foreign Ministry spokesman

Summary: Posted 2008 12 16 Mathaba News Network Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Monday appealed to US institutions to repatriate Iranian inscriptions saying that their refusal has led to severance of Iran US archaeological relations In this installment of On Art series on artifacts of transnational culture guest blogger an archaeologist returns to the blog with an account of legal issues swirling about a new show at a leading U S art museum 25 November 2008 The latest archaeological blockbuster at New York s Metropolitan Museum of Art is The exhibit which opened a week ago today runs through March 15 2009 and is reviewed here by The New York Times is the direct sequel to the Met s 2003 Art of the First Cities which covered the third millennium B C But unlike the 2003 show which took place as American troops invaded the heartland of ancient Mesopotamia there is a gaping hole in the new show 55 pieces from Syria stone sculptures frescoes goldwork including this stupendous bowl from the ancient city of Ugarit left were not sent as promised to New York In a wall card near the beginning of the show the Met thanks the Syrian government for its willingness to lend such important objects and expresses deep regret that recent legislation in the United States has made it too difficult and risky for the planned loans to proceed That legislation an amendment made in January to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permits private individuals claiming to be victims of state sponsored terrorism to file liens against property belonging to that state whenever the property is in the United States Property loaned to museums may fall within the ambit of this amendment This is the almost inevitable sequel to the legal battle over the Persepolis tablets By Babback Sabahi in The Iranian American Bar Association IABA Review volume 3 Fall 2008 Posted 2008 12 16 Mathaba News Network Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Monday appealed to US institutions to repatriate Iranian inscriptions saying that their refusal has led to severance of Iran US archaeological relations In this installment of On Art series on artifacts of transnational culture guest blogger an archaeologist returns to the blog with an account of legal issues swirling about a new show at a leading U S art museum 25 November 2008 The latest archaeological blockbuster at New York s Metropolitan Museum of Art is The exhibit which opened a week ago today runs through March 15 2009 and is reviewed here by The New York Times is the direct sequel to the Met s 2003 Art of the First Cities which covered the third millennium B C But unlike the 2003 show which took place as American troops invaded the heartland of ancient Mesopotamia there is a gaping hole in the new show 55 pieces from Syria stone sculptures frescoes goldwork including this stupendous bowl from the ancient city of Ugarit left were not sent as promised to New York In a wall card near the beginning of the show the Met thanks the Syrian government for its willingness to lend such important objects and expresses deep regret that recent legislation in the United States has made it too difficult and risky for the planned loans to proceed That legislation an amendment made in January to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permits private individuals claiming to be victims of state sponsored terrorism to file liens against property belonging to that state whenever the property is in the United States Property loaned to museums may fall within the ambit of this amendment This is the almost inevitable sequel to the legal battle over the Persepolis tablets By Babback Sabahi in The Iranian American Bar Association IABA Review volume 3 Fall 2008

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