The Met Initiates Return of Sumerian Sculpture to Iraq and Signs MOU with Thai Government

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Friday, May 3, 2024

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

40

Issue:

5

Abstract:

In April 2024, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) took two actions with respect to recovering and returning stolen and embezzled cultural items to their rightful owners. On April 16, 2024, the Met announced that it had repatriated a third millennium BCE Sumerian sculpture to the Republic of Iraq.[1]

[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Sculpture to the Republic of Iraq, April 16, 2024.