Elgin claimed he had a firman that gave him permission to take the sculptures. But…
"If a firman had ever existed, it would have been presented to the British Museum at the time of acquisition to affirm the marbles’ legitimacy. Instead, what we have is an Italian document claiming to be a translation"
Zeynep Boz, head of Turkey’s department for combating the illegal trafficking of antiquities.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1255309/if-a-firman-had-ever-existed/
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Her statement at last May’s UNESCO intergovernmental committee caused a stir in Greece and abroad. It was no small thing for a representative of Turkey to say that the sultan’s firman invoked by Britain to justify Lord Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon Sculptures and their subsequent purchase by the British government has not been found in Ottoman archives.
"Turkey is the country that would have the archived document pertaining to things that were sold legally at that time. Historians have for years searched the Ottoman archives and have not been able to find a ‘firman’ proving that the sale was legal, as it is being claimed,”
The temple was first destroyed by Theodosius' bigoted Christians in the 4th c CE, then by Venusian Francesco Morosini in the 17th c, who described his vandalism as "a fortunate shot" and went on smashing sculptures from the pediment in his attempt to loot the Acropolis, and then in the early 19th c by Lord Elgin, who stole about half of the sculptures that had survived 2000 years on the Sacred Rock.
Lord Byron's, "The Curse of Minerva": https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_Lord_Byron_(ed._Coleridge,_Prothero)/Poetry/Volume_1/The_Curse_of_Minerva
Looter Lord Elgin presented an Italian "translation" of a fake Ottoman firman, the original of which no one ever saw or had otherwise knowledge of, then ripped off the #ParthenonSculptures, sawing some in his haste, and moved them to England, where they were scraped clean of the ancient colors that still remained on them.
Turkiye's statement at #UNESCO that they "are not aware of any document that legitimizes that «purchase» done by coloni[al] #UK back at that time"
The heart too heavy.
The sadness is always there.
But all of our hearts love you so much.
More than you can ever imagine...
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Die Trauer immer da.
Doch unser aller Herz liebt euch so sehr.
Mehr als ihr euch je vorstellen könnt...
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The Parthenon scalptures are “not just random museum exhibits” and should return to Athens, says Lord Frost.
“I do think that Lord Elgin’s actions possibly were a little murky [...]"
A deal should include a collaborative campaign to encourage other countries, such as Denmark, Germany, Austria and France, which also have parts of the sculptures, to return the items to Greece.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/14/parthenon-marbles-should-return-to-athens-says-lord-frost
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