A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Swiss art collector Jean Claude Gandur notified Swiss authorities about the item.The general supervisor of the repatriation department at the antiquities ministry Shaaban Abdel-Gawad said Thursday that Gandur had bought the Seven Sacred Oils tablet from a Belgian antiquities dealer and had notified the authorities when he found out it was stolen.
I guess that dealer had not managed to find out how and when this item had entered the market. So why on earth did he or she add it to their stock? I think the dealer should be named so resposible collectors are alerted to the fact that this individual has had problems doing proper due diligence. How did the collector ascertain the object was stolen when the dealer (who has access to at least the same resources no doubt) had failed to do so?
British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
"coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG
"heap-of-artefacts-on-a-table-collecting" the term rather speaks for itself, an accumulation of loose artefacts with no attempt to link each item with documented origins. Most often used to refer to metal detectorists (ice-cream tubs-full) and ancient coin collectors (Roman coins sold in aggregated bulk lots)
"tekkie" - metal detectorist/metal detecting (a form of artefact hunting)
CDE - Collection-Driven Exploitation of archaeological sites
CPAC - Cultural Property Advisory Committee [US]
FLO - Finds Liaison Officer (post in the PAS)
HER - Historic Environment Record [UK]
IAPN - International Association of Professional Numismatists
MENA - Middle East and North Africa
PAS - Portable Antiquities Scheme
PNG - Professional Numismatists' Guild
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO 1970 Convention - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
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Oh look, you can collect for a museum-bound collection ethically. https://www.letemps.ch/culture/2016/02/12/royaume-dieux-jean-claude-gandur
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