Iran will be getting its Cyrus Cylinder back...for 3 months. Although the British Museum will not confirm the reports, it is said that the artifact will go on loan as long as there is no political conflict going on in Iran that may jeopardize the cylinder.
I thought this was very interesting because when we were discussing the Elgin Marbles earlier in the semester, someone asked why couldn't the British Museum just loan the marbles to Greece. Well, it the Greeks were to ask for a loan, they would be agreeing that the British Museum owned the artifacts. Therefore, it seems that Iran is relinquishing any ownership of the Cyrus Cylinder by asking for a loan. I can only guess that this is because Iranians really want to see this piece of history that they are willing to sacrifice ownership just to have it for a short period of time.
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