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Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Bought by Hobby Lobby Now Forfeited to United States


Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Bought by Hobby Lobby Now Forfeited to United States
Auction House Sold the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” to Hobby Lobby Using a False Provenance 
July 27, 2021 - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of
the world’s oldest works of literature. 
Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it originated in the area of modern-day Iraq and entered the United States contrary to federal law. An international auction house (the Auction House) later sold the tablet to Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. (Hobby Lobby), a prominent arts-and-crafts retailer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for display at the Museum of the Bible (the Museum). Law enforcement agents seized the tablet from the Museum in September 2019. ....

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