My primary interest is coins so its no surprise I hope others will find the ACCG and IAPN/PNG comments to CPAC worth reading.
The Asia Society walked a fine line; its submission both applauded and criticized the current MOU with the PRC.
Daniel Shapiro, a law professor and Chinese Art Collector, stated similar concerns as those expressed by others who collect or trade in ancient art.
James Lally was an important voice for the trade when the MOU was first considered and he remains so today.
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center has offered CPAC a detailed defense of the current MOU.
Of course, anyone who wrote, on any side of the issue, should be commended for taking the time to do so.
Note: Regulations.gov is currently experiencing a technical problem. Some of the comments (including those of Daniel Shapiro and IAPN/PNG) are currently not available on the website. Hopefully, the problem will be fixed soon.
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Principle or Self-Preservation?
The archaeological lobby will no doubt pitch the Penn Museum's decision to repatriate ancient jewelry it purchased back in 1966 (well before the 1970 UNESCO Convention) to Turkey as a matter of principle. However, given Turkey's hard ball tactics against German archaeologists at Troy, did preservation of digging rights and all that means for U. Penn archaeologists' careers also enter the picture?
U. Penn Does Egypt's Work For It
Kudos to the University of Pennsylvania Cultural Heritage Center for publishing this list of items missing from the Egyptian Museum and certain archaeological sites. See
http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/Resources/Documents/Missing%20Egyptian%20Antiquities.pdf
Why the SCA-- turmoil or not-- could not put together its own such list for wide distribution is beyond me.
Addendum (3/15/11): Dorothy King (PhDiva) reports that the SCA has finally published its own list. See http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/pdfs/Objects%20Missing%20from%20the%20Egyptian%20Museum_2011-03-15.pdf I haven't looked at it closely enough to determine whether it was just cribbed from the U. Penn list. In any case, better late than never.
http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/Resources/Documents/Missing%20Egyptian%20Antiquities.pdf
Why the SCA-- turmoil or not-- could not put together its own such list for wide distribution is beyond me.
Addendum (3/15/11): Dorothy King (PhDiva) reports that the SCA has finally published its own list. See http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/pdfs/Objects%20Missing%20from%20the%20Egyptian%20Museum_2011-03-15.pdf I haven't looked at it closely enough to determine whether it was just cribbed from the U. Penn list. In any case, better late than never.
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