US returned 3,500-year-old clay plate, to be sent to Iraq!
A 3500-year-old clay plank is being sent back from the US to Iraq. This clay plate was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago. WASHINGTON: A 3,500-year-old clay plate discovered in the ruins of an ancient king's library in southwest Asia is finally being sent back to Iraq. This clay plate was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago. This placard was brought to America in 2003 A clay plate containing 1.7 million cuneiform scripts was found in the rubble of the library of the Assyrian king Asura Banipal in 1853. Authorities believe it was illegally brought to the US in 2003, then sold to hobby-lobby and eventually put on display at its Museum of the Bible in the nation's capital. The placard was confiscated from the museum in September 2019 by federal agents with the Homeland Security Investigations. Which is known as Gilgamesh dream tablet. A few months later, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York began a civil court pr...