A 4,250-year-old gold ewer from the Hattian period was returned to Turkey and began being exhibited at a museum in the Turkish capital Thursday, APA reports citing Anadolu Agency.
A ceremony marking its return was held at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, where it will be exhibited.
The Turkish General Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage’s department of anti-smuggling found that collector Arthur Gilbert, founder of the Gilbert Art Foundation, had purchased the piece in Los Angeles in 1989 to complete his collection of gold and silver artifacts and had loaned it to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
The directorate contacted the foundation for the return of the artifact, and after research was conducted, it was found to have been illegally removed from excavations and smuggled out of Anatolia.
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