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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:18:44 EDT
Subject: Fwd: H-TURK: Iraq MSS, archives and libraries: situation report
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Dear Listers,
I caution that it is important to read many sources, not just the popular
American media, to try to get a full picture at what happened to cultural
heritage sites and collections in Iraq.
There was an article in The New York Times a few days ago about the National
Museum collections in Baghdad and this vault. From the beginning, I remember
Donny George, Director of the Museums and Ministry of Antiquities in Baghdad,
talking about the fact that some artifacts had been saved and hidden by
museum staffers in bank vaults, but given the chaos that ensuing at the disbanding
of the Iraqi government, no one knew if the vaults were safe. However,
according to The New York Times article, which came from an international wire
service (Reuters?), the items in the vault only were those from the most
popular exhibits, and do not account for several thousand artifacts still missing or
destroyed that were in the museum's storage on-site storage facilities.
David is right to mention the vandalism. The pictures were saw in print and
on television after the disaster showed many smashed statues and large
ancient statues with heads missing. The edges of these statues were not smooth
from the ravages of thousands of years, but rather, they had jagged edges
showing that their valuable visages were crudely ripped off during the looting of
the museum.
We should also remember that it wasn't just ONE museum that was looted.
There are over 10,000 archaeological sites in Iraq and many of them were and
continue to be plundered. The fine network of regional museums have not
been discussed, but one also wonders what happened to their collections.
Here's a post from the H-TURK List about the manuscript library.
Cordially,
pamela sezgin
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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=
=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Dear Listers,<BR>
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I caution that it is important to read many sources, not just the popular Am=
erican media, to try to get a full picture at what happened to cultural heri=
tage sites and collections in Iraq. <BR>
<BR>
There was an article in The New York Times a few days ago about the National=
Museum collections in Baghdad and this vault. From the beginnin=
g, I remember Donny George, Director of the Museums and Ministry of Antiquit=
ies in Baghdad, talking about the fact that some artifacts had been saved an=
d hidden by museum staffers in bank vaults, but given the chaos that ensuing=
at the disbanding of the Iraqi government, no one knew if the vaults=20=
were safe. However, according to The New York Times articl=
e, which came from an international wire service (Reuters?), the items=
in the vault only were those from the most popular exhibits, and do not acc=
ount for several thousand artifacts still missing or destroyed that were in=20=
the museum's storage on-site storage facilities.<BR>
<BR>
David is right to mention the vandalism. The pictures were saw i=
n print and on television after the disaster showed many smashed statues and=
large ancient statues with heads missing. The edges of th=
ese statues were not smooth from the ravages of thousands of years, but =
; rather, they had jagged edges showing that their valuable visages we=
re crudely ripped off during the looting of the museum.<BR>
<BR>
We should also remember that it wasn't just ONE museum that was looted. <BR>
There are over 10,000 archaeological sites in Iraq and many of them were and=
continue to be plundered. The fine network of regio=
nal museums have not been discussed, but one also wonders what happened to t=
heir collections.<BR>
<BR>
Here's a post from the H-TURK List about the manuscript library.<BR>
<BR>
Cordially,<BR>
pamela sezgin</FONT></HTML>
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Subject: H-TURK: Iraq MSS, archives and libraries: situation report
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A report by Nabil al-Tikriti on his 25-31 May visit to Baghdad and
his assessment of the situation of manuscript collections and libraries:
"IRAQ MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, & LIBRARIES: SITUATION REPORT"
was distributed Monday morning on the IraqCrisis list and some other
forums; the report is now available in a formatted on-line version:
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/docs/nat.html
The author of the report, Nabil al-Tikriti, is a doctoral candidate in
the Dept of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the U. of Chicago
and is familiar with Iraqi manuscript collections from previous research
trips before the war. His report on his recent site visits and interviews
in Baghdad provides the first assessment since the end of the war of the
state of libraries and manuscript collections in Iraq and of the nature
and extent of damage to these institutions and their holdings.
Andras Riedlmayer
Committee on Iraqi Libraries
Middle East Librarians Association
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/melairaq.html
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