The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not received a full copy of the report relating to the collection of Aramaic incantation bowls. I understand that University College, London, returned the bowls to the Schøyen Collection.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Thursday, 18 October 2007
UCL and the incantation bowls: Q&A in the House of Lords
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn has raised the issue of the UCL report concerning the incantation bowls in the House of Lords. He received this written reply last week from Lord Davies of Oldham:
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