British Museum hands eight looted antiquities from Tello to Iraq
The British Museum formally handed eight antiquities to the Iraqi embassy in London after tracing them to Tello, ancient Girsu. London police had seized the objects in 2003. The returned group included Sumerian inscriptions and stamp seals. The image shows an inscribed mace-head fragment from the group.
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