英国将向伊拉克归还5000件古代文物_风闻

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正文原创翻译：

UK to return 5,000 ancient artifacts to Iraq

-Included in the repatriation is a 4,000-year-old Sumerian relic discovered in an online auction.

英国将向伊拉克归还5000件古代文物

——在这次归还的文物中，有一件4000年前的苏美尔遗迹文物是在一次网上拍卖中被发现的。

(Prince Charles (C) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (R) and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (L) at Clarence House on Oct. 22, 2020 in London.)

（2020年10月22日，查尔斯王子（中）在伦敦克拉伦斯王府会见伊拉克总理穆斯塔法·卡迪米（右）和伊拉克外交部长福阿德·侯赛因（左）。）

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The British government will return nearly 5,000 artifacts to Iraq, the office of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Friday. 

伊拉克总理穆斯塔法·卡迪米办公室周五表示，英国政府将向伊拉克归还近5000件文物。

Kadhimi, who was appointed premier in May, arrived in the United Kingdom earlier this week for an official state visit. During a tour of the British Museum in London, the Iraqi leader was briefed on the UK’s pledge to return clay tablets and other artifacts to Iraq. They are expected to be delivered next year, in what Kadhimi’s office said is Iraq’s largest-yet repatriation of artifacts. 

今年5月被任命为总理的卡迪米本周早些时候抵达英国进行正式国事访问。在参观位于伦敦的大英博物馆时，这位伊拉克领导人听到了英国将把泥版文书和其他文物归还给伊拉克的承诺。这些文物预计将于明年交付，卡迪米的办公室称这是伊拉克迄今为止获得的最大的文物归还。

The artifacts were excavated by a team of British archaeologists in the early 20th century, with a permit from the Iraqi government at that time.

这些文物是在20世纪初由一队英国考古学家发掘的，当时得到了伊拉克政府的许可。

Included in the repatriation is a 4,000-year-old Sumerian plaque that museum experts discovered for sale by an online auctioneer in May 2019. The limestone sculpture is believed to have been taken from a temple in Iraq that was heavily looted during the Gulf War and again in 2003. The plaque is currently at the museum for safekeeping and Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities granted permission for it to be displayed for a short time prior to the obxts’ return to Iraq.

博物馆的专家们于2019年5月发现了一块有4000年历史的苏美尔人牌匾，并在网上拍卖。据信，这座石灰岩雕塑是从伊拉克的一座寺庙中被掠走的，这座寺庙在海湾战争期间和2003年遭到了严重的洗劫。这块牌匾目前在该博物馆保管，伊拉克国家文物管理局批准它在归还伊拉克之前（在英国）短暂展出。

Thousands of antiquities were looted from Iraq’s museums amid the chaos of the American invasion, with as many as 15,000 disappearing when the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad was ransacked in 2003. 

在美国入侵伊拉克的混乱中，伊拉克博物馆数千件文物被洗劫一空。2003年，位于巴格达的伊拉克国家博物馆遭到洗劫，多达1.5万件文物失踪。

Iraq has begun to recover some of its missing treasures. In July 2019, the British Museum assisted in returning more than 150 stolen artifacts to Iraq and Afghanistan, including ancient Mesopotamian texts written in cuneiform. 

伊拉克已经开始找回一些丢失的宝藏。2019年7月，大英博物馆协助向伊拉克和阿富汗归还了150多件被盗文物，其中包括用楔形文字书写的美索不达米亚古代文本。

Stolen Iraqi artifacts have also made their way to the United States. In 2018, the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby paid a $3 million fine and agreed to return some 3,800 smuggled artifacts to Iraq. The Museum of the Bible in Washington, which was founded by Hobby Lobby President Steve Green, announced in July that it would return thousands more artifacts that were potentially illegally obtained and would improve its policies for acquiring such treasures. 

被盗的伊拉克文物也被运到了美国。2018年，工艺品连锁店霍比罗比支付了300万美元的罚款，同意将大约3800件走私文物归还伊拉克。位于华盛顿的圣经博物馆是由霍比罗比总裁史帝夫·格林创立的。7月，该博物馆宣布将返还数千件可能是非法获得的文物，并将完善获取这类宝藏的政策。

During his trip to London, Kadhimi, who also holds British citizenship, met with Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Prior to his United Kingdom visit, he met with the leaders of Germany and France.

卡迪米也有英国公民身份，在访问伦敦期间，他会见了查尔斯王子和英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊。访问英国之前，他还会见了德国和法国领导人。

Correction: Oct. 28, 2020. An earlier version of this article stated that the artifacts being returned had been stolen from Iraq, rather they were excavated nearly 100 years ago with a permit from the Iraqi government at that time.

2020年10月28日新闻更正：这篇报道的早期版本说，此次被归还的文物是从伊拉克偷来的，而不是在将近100年前，在得到当时伊拉克政府许可的情况下被挖掘出来的。