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The Department of Justice on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of a tablet containing a portion of the  Epic of Gilgamesh,  one of the oldest known works of literature. The forfeiture is part of an ongoing process to return thousandsof clay tablets and bullae that were illegally smuggled out of Iraq and purchased by Hobby Lobby.The DOJ alleges that the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was illegally shipped to the U.S. from London by an antique dealer and cuneiform expert in 2003. Once in the U.S., the tablet was cleaned and experts were able to identify the cuneiform writing as part of the Gilgamesh epic, written in Akkadian. The tablet was then sold in 2007 with a  false letter of provenance,  the DOJ <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.co.uk>stanley cup</a>  claims, which accompanied the tablet as it was sold several times over the next few years, eventually landing at an auction house back in London. In 2014, the auction house sold the tablet to Hobby Lobby for $1.6 million.Hobby Lo <a href=https://www.stanleymug.us>stanley cup</a> bby purchased the tablet and thousands of others like it with the intent of disp <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.es>stanley cup</a> laying some of them in the Museum of the Bible, which is funded by the family of the arts and crafts chain s founder, David Green. The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was seized by law enforcement officers in 2019, according to the DOJ, and Hobby Lobby agreed to its forfeiture.                                         This forfeiture represents an important milestone on the path to returning this rare and ancient masterpiece of world literature to its country of origin,  said Jacquelyn Kasulis, th Dssi 1 dead, nearly two dozen sickened in listeria outbreak linked to Florida
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