Tuesday, July 25, 2006
So What?! They're Just A Few Thousand Year Old Lumps of Clay...
...that coincidentally record the ins and outs of the infamously invisible Persian Empire (BC) and have helped lead scholars and archaeologists to greater knowledge concerning the Persians.
Each tablet contains information regarding the infrastructure and economic standards by which cities like Pasargadae were built and have built significant historical leeway for those scholars who did not invest much consideration for Persian society.
In fact, these artifacts, like the Rosetta Stone, record achievements for the human race rather than for empires and legions. The historic tablets are markings of a great empire and should be studied and then placed for public viewing/archiving, instead, they are being used as pawns in a political game of Wolf.
Maybe some of you had seen these articles about five Americans who are suing the Iranian government (having been awarded 71million in compensatory damages and 180million in punitive damages) for wounds they received after a terrorist attack by Hamas which is believed to be funded and trained by Iran. But, because Iran has not even been represented (until now) in the courts, the plaintiffs decided that they would pressure Iran to either pay the damages or lose the half-a dozen or so ancient tablets in an auction that would pay for the damages.
The damages that the plaintiffs seeks would total to nearly 250 billion tomans (that's too much money in Iran) and I cannot even comprehend the enormity of the issue if the clay tablets ARE sold. By the time the auction is over, the pieces will probably be gone to the four edges of the globe and unavailable to scholars as a whole for another century or perhaps never.
Surprisingly enough, Iran has issued a lawyer to represent them in the court, but they only have until August to complete their case...
Each tablet contains information regarding the infrastructure and economic standards by which cities like Pasargadae were built and have built significant historical leeway for those scholars who did not invest much consideration for Persian society.
In fact, these artifacts, like the Rosetta Stone, record achievements for the human race rather than for empires and legions. The historic tablets are markings of a great empire and should be studied and then placed for public viewing/archiving, instead, they are being used as pawns in a political game of Wolf.
Maybe some of you had seen these articles about five Americans who are suing the Iranian government (having been awarded 71million in compensatory damages and 180million in punitive damages) for wounds they received after a terrorist attack by Hamas which is believed to be funded and trained by Iran. But, because Iran has not even been represented (until now) in the courts, the plaintiffs decided that they would pressure Iran to either pay the damages or lose the half-a dozen or so ancient tablets in an auction that would pay for the damages.
The damages that the plaintiffs seeks would total to nearly 250 billion tomans (that's too much money in Iran) and I cannot even comprehend the enormity of the issue if the clay tablets ARE sold. By the time the auction is over, the pieces will probably be gone to the four edges of the globe and unavailable to scholars as a whole for another century or perhaps never.
Surprisingly enough, Iran has issued a lawyer to represent them in the court, but they only have until August to complete their case...
