Papyri and due diligence

There is much comment at the moment about the sale of papyri to the Museum of the Bible (MOTB), and specifically how fragments owned by the Egypt Exploration Society and kept in the Sackler Library in Oxford have ended up in MOTB.

This is raising serious questions about the due diligence process that does not appear to have been followed by MOTB.

• 'Oxford University professor accused of selling ancient Bible fragments', BBC News 16 October 2019.
• 'Oxford professor accused of selling ancient Bible fragments', The Guardian 16 October 2019.