US takes steps to return 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' tablet to Iraq
The Children's Experience section is seen at the Museum of the Bible November 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP.
WASHINGTON
(AFP)
.- A 3,500-year-old tablet recounting the epic of Gilgamesh that once sat in Washington's Museum of the Bible could be returned to Iraq after a judge verified its seizure Tuesday.
The rare fragment, which recounts a dream sequence from the epic in Akkadian cuneiform script, is one of many ancient artifacts from Iraq and the Middle East collected by David Green, the billionaire owner of the Hobby Lobby chain.