Described by John Curtis, keeper of special Middle East projects at London's British Museum, as "one of the most iconic objects in the museum, " it is a small, unremarkable oblong of clay almost 9 inches long and 4 inches in circumference.
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The only known bowl of the same form, size and almost identical decoration has been in the collection of the British Museum in London for more than 60 years, after being left to the museum by the prominent British collector Henry J Oppenheim in 1947.
"Somehow the press got this notion I had never been to London, " said Bush outside the British Museum, telling reporters he had been to London two times before.
Other museums and galleries on the list include the National Army Museum and the British Library in London, and the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.
They were shared among museums in Pennsylvania, Baghdad and the British Museum in London.
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The items will remain at the British Museum in London until they are declared treasure and valued.
The hoard was declared to be treasure in October and is currently held in the British Museum in London.
The hoard, currently in the British Museum in London, contained coins bearing the name of a previously-unknown Viking ruler of northern England.
The winner will be announced on 22 May at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London during Museum and Galleries Month 2008.
About half of what survives of the temple decoration is in the British museum in London, including 247 ft of the original 524 ft frieze.
The show includes 50 other items loaned from, among others, the Louvre Museum of Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the British Museum of London.
The works, which include sculptures and bracelets, frescoes and funerary urns, hail from collections as esteemed as the Louvre in Paris, Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, and British Museum in London.
Now displayed at the British Museum in London, the friezes are a matter of dispute between the governments of the UK and Greece, with the latter calling for their return.
The only other known bowl of the same size, form and almost identical decoration has been in the collection of the British Museum in London for over 60 years, according to Sotheby's.
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Fortunately, surviving collections of objects curated at the Museo del Oro in Bogota and British Museum in London can provide an insight into these different perspectives on material value and human perception and most importantly tell the true story behind the myths of El Dorado.
Now, 3, 000-year-old ivory artifacts recovered by Mallowan between 1949 and 1963 from the ancient city of Nimrud, in what is now Iraq, and likely cleaned by his famous wife using cotton wool buds and face cream, go on display Monday at the British Museum in London.
The Museum of London and the British Library, both in London, have recently opened exhibitions.
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Dr Andrew Burnett, the deputy director of the British Museum in Bloomsbury, and Anthony Burton, who chairs the Royal Court theatre in west London, are appointed CBEs.
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