tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post5227227834984755642..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Syrian Red ListPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-20748064325919758262013-09-26T10:15:40.559-07:002013-09-26T10:15:40.559-07:00It really is sketchy. It lists the laws, but does ...It really is sketchy. It lists the laws, but does not say where the texts can be found (like a link to the UNESCO database of the laws).<br /> Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-64385490727021702532013-09-26T07:49:19.734-07:002013-09-26T07:49:19.734-07:00From their list: "Lamps: Bronze and terracott...From their list: "Lamps: Bronze and terracotta lamps with rounded bodies and a hole on the top, hollowed nozzle and looped handles or lugs."<br /><br />Love it! That pretty well covers EVERY lamp made anywhere in the Mediterranean Basin during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. But gotta keep an eye open for those SPECIAL lamps with a "hole on the top" or a "hollowed nozzle" because as we all know, lamps weren't meant to be filled with oil and nozzles weren't meant to hold a wick. Only Syrians made lamps with a HOLLOW nozzle; everyone else in the world always wondered why solid nozzles didn't work very well until Syria solved the mystery.<br /><br />Do they actually PAY people to write that stuff? Or is it some sort of "work experience" scheme to provide employment for those with the mental age of a 5-year-old?<br /><br />The so-called "RED LIST OF SYRIAN CULTURAL OBJECTS AT RISK" is clearly just a 'feel-good' reaction cobbled together by the totally incompetent.<br />David Knellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488678409144873954noreply@blogger.com