12th July 2007, 02:08 PM
A really great development! As well as forwarding the letter to the relevent authorities do you think it should be forwarded to some of the principal organisations that allow the potentially illegal movement of antiquities.
Primarily I'm thinking of e-bay, but I'm sure there are plenty of others. Of recent there have been a number of Roman lamps probably of north african origin, as well as scattered artefacts from around Britain (ie. RB pottery from Cambs, shield bosses from Lincs.)
Such organisations have exercised some moral judgement over profit before so perhaps they can be asked to prevent sale of some items without recourse to new legislation.
Primarily I'm thinking of e-bay, but I'm sure there are plenty of others. Of recent there have been a number of Roman lamps probably of north african origin, as well as scattered artefacts from around Britain (ie. RB pottery from Cambs, shield bosses from Lincs.)
Such organisations have exercised some moral judgement over profit before so perhaps they can be asked to prevent sale of some items without recourse to new legislation.