NBC NEWS: Museum of the Bible gears up for opening in Washington amid proprietary questions

  • Roberta Mazza

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The Times reported that it was put up for sale on eBay without the proper ownership sourcing. Roberta Mazza, a papyrologist at the University of Manchester, has blogged about the item's questionable provenance and said she saw the same fragment displayed as part of the Green Collection's exhibition at the Vatican three years ago.

Period16 Nov 2017

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  • TitleMuseum of the Bible gears up for opening in Washington amid proprietary questions
    Media name/outletNBC News
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date16/11/17
    DescriptionThe Times reported that it was put up for sale on eBay without the proper ownership sourcing. Roberta Mazza, a papyrologist at the University of Manchester, has blogged about the item's questionable provenance and said she saw the same fragment displayed as part of the Green Collection's exhibition at the Vatican three years ago.
    URLhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/museum-bible-gears-opening-washington-amid-propriety-questions-n821336
    PersonsRoberta Mazza
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  • Museum of the Bible
  • archaeology

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