英國將向伊拉克歸還5000件古代文物_風聞

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正文原創翻譯：

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.

英國將向伊拉克歸還5000件古代文物

——在這次歸還的文物中，有一件4000年前的蘇美爾遺蹟文物是在一次網上拍賣中被發現的。

(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，查爾斯王子（中）在倫敦克拉倫斯王府會見伊拉克總理穆斯塔法·卡迪米（右）和伊拉克外交部長福阿德·侯賽因（左）。）

新聞：

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

伊拉克總理穆斯塔法·卡迪米辦公室週五表示，英國政府將向伊拉克歸還近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月被任命為總理的卡迪米本週早些時候抵達英國進行正式國事訪問。在參觀位於倫敦的大英博物館時，這位伊拉克領導人聽到了英國將把泥版文書和其他文物歸還給伊拉克的承諾。這些文物預計將於明年交付，卡迪米的辦公室稱這是伊拉克迄今為止獲得的最大的文物歸還。

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.

這些文物是在20世紀初由一隊英國考古學家發掘的，當時得到了伊拉克政府的許可。

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.

博物館的專家們於2019年5月發現了一塊有4000年曆史的蘇美爾人牌匾，並在網上拍賣。據信，這座石灰岩雕塑是從伊拉克的一座寺廟中被掠走的，這座寺廟在海灣戰爭期間和2003年遭到了嚴重的洗劫。這塊牌匾目前在該博物館保管，伊拉克國家文物管理局批准它在歸還伊拉克之前（在英國）短暫展出。

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. 

在美國入侵伊拉克的混亂中，伊拉克博物館數千件文物被洗劫一空。2003年，位於巴格達的伊拉克國家博物館遭到洗劫，多達1.5萬件文物失蹤。

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. 

伊拉克已經開始找回一些丟失的寶藏。2019年7月，大英博物館協助向伊拉克和阿富汗歸還了150多件被盜文物，其中包括用楔形文字書寫的美索不達米亞古代文本。

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. 

被盜的伊拉克文物也被運到了美國。2018年，工藝品連鎖店霍比羅比支付了300萬美元的罰款，同意將大約3800件走私文物歸還伊拉克。位於華盛頓的聖經博物館是由霍比羅比總裁史帝夫·格林創立的。7月，該博物館宣佈將返還數千件可能是非法獲得的文物，並將完善獲取這類寶藏的政策。

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.

卡迪米也有英國公民身份，在訪問倫敦期間，他會見了查爾斯王子和英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜。訪問英國之前，他還會見了德國和法國領導人。

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日新聞更正：這篇報道的早期版本説，此次被歸還的文物是從伊拉克偷來的，而不是在將近100年前，在得到當時伊拉克政府許可的情況下被挖掘出來的。