An ancient gold tablet excavated in Iraq from the site of an ancient Assyrian temple by German archaeologists in 1913. An ancient gold tablet unearthed in a 1913 dig in modern-day Iraq that mysteriously...lack of due diligence was unreasonable," Surrogate Riordan wrote in Matter of Flamenbaum, File No. 328416, in holding that the museum's claim was barred by the doctrine of laches. ( more )

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