Elgin Marbles

Soli maŋa zaŋ kpa Athens yihibu 

Yuuni 1816 February, House of Commons nim’ kpɛma yaɣili daa ʒia ninsala wuhibu ni di niŋ vihigu Elgin ni daa deei maasim ŋɔ shɛm ni di yi niŋ ka gomnanti tali daa dee li bee ka bi dee li.O ni daa ti o nangbankpeeni n-ti kpɛma yaɣili maa,Elgin daa yɛliya ni o niriba ni daa tumdi tuma shɛŋa Acropolis ni, ni maasim ŋɔ ni daa yɛn yi shɛm, di daa nyɛla bɛ ni saɣiti shɛli firman (Lala yuli ŋɔ nyɛla yuli shɛli din zaa niŋ tɔɣa puuni) ka bɛ mali li boli Ottoman zaligu ni yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa din nyɛ nasara nima ban chani ti ŋmɛri gbana ni yɛli shɛli ka di nyɛla Ottoman gomnanti tali ni daa ti shɛli July 1800 yuuni puuni, ka di daa niŋ ka voivode (ŋun su Athens tiŋgbani zuɣu) mini dizdar (military zuɣu lana zaŋti  Acropolis citadel). yuuni silimin goli March 1810 dali, firman  shɛli daa kpami, N doli soli shɛli din nyɛ di baayi zuɣu shipment bolli bihi Britain nim sani. Elgin daa yɛli committee maa, "Bin shɛŋa bi ni niŋ pollo ni dunia ni zaa... ni  tiŋkpaŋ authorities daa zaŋ zaɣa n niŋ, zaŋ gbai Turkish government".

 Maan lihimi ŋɔ nim yaha 

 Pedimental sculpture
 Palermo Fragment
 Greece–United Kingdom relations
 Las Incantadas, portico taken from Thessaloniki
 Saint Demetra, sculpture taken from Eleusis

 Kundivihira 

Sources







Karimbu nim yaha


  (with essays by Robert Browning and Graham Binns) 





External links

Acropolis Museum
The Parthenon Frieze
The British Museum Parthenon pages

Pros and cons of restitution

British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles' site
The Parthenon Project
"The Case for Lord Elgin," Classics for All
Gillen Wood, "The strange case of Lord Elgin's nose": the cultural context of the early 19th century debate over the marbles, the politics & the aesthetics, imperialism and hellenism
Two memorandums submitted to the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport in 2000.
"Keeping our share", Aothen Magazine: Argues for the dismissal of the Greek claim, and for retaining the Marbles as part of cultural history.


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