Really Shitty Copper

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A community dedicated to making fun of Ea-Nasir, a Sumerian merchant circa 1750 BC, who sold exceptionally poor quality copper.

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I went to the british museum only to find this (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world

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they moved it to a museum in Abu Dhabi, it won't be back in London until 2027

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A lot of these museums want to give this stuff back but there’s a law from the government saying they’re not allowed to so they often try to return stuff on loan to get around it. Some of the countries don’t want to do this because they think it might imply they accept British ownership of the items in questions is they refuse it.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I believe that's covered in British Law under the "I Stole it Fair and Square" Act

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There's also another side to it where the British museum can hide behind this law even though they wouldn't give it back anyway. "Sry it's against the rules"