and this(thanks to J.J.)
cctr.umkc.edu
"Losses & Damage at the National Museum
(very approximate numbers based on all available info, my evaluation of the quality of same info, and lots of extrapolation and common sense; updated whenever new info changes the picture)
• 100 artifacts in public galleries: 32% missing, 20% damaged
• 485,540 artifacts in storage inside Museum: 3% missing, 5% damaged
• 7,360 artifacts in storage in Central Bank: 0% missing, 5% damaged
• 8,000 artifacts in storage elsewhere outside the Museum: 0% missing, 4% damaged
501,000 artifacts in total, of which 3% (12,817) missing and 5% (24,896) damaged
• records and files: 5% destroyed, 85% scattered and messed up
• contrary to press and US military reports, the 39,453 manuscripts and scrolls found in a bomb shelter in western Baghdad were the Saddam House of Manuscripts (now renamed Iraqi House of Manuscripts) collection and thus not a part of the Museum holdings
• the frequently mentioned total figure of 170,000 reflects the inventory numbers; however, lots of individual inventory numbers cover large groups of artifacts " |
