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2, 000 Years Old Mosaic, Lands Man In Big Trouble
How could the 2, 000 years old mosaic land man in big trouble?
That is the question, given that ordinarily, a mosaic is a picture or pattern derived from small pieces of stone, tile or glass.
Though when arranged together, mosaic could produce exotic and aesthetically appealing sight, but also, mosaic painting assignments is a regular with even nursery pupils seeking to groom their artistic inclinations.
Yet, do you know that mosaics are in classes? And that, mishandling it, like illegally trading on it, could land a man in big trouble.
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That is what just happened to a Californian resident, Mohammed Yassin Alcharihi.
The 56-year-old is believed to have imported illegally, 2, 000 years old mosaic from Syria whereas he claimed the value of the import to be less than 600 dollars.
The transaction took place in 2015, and the man claimed the import was from Turkey a NAN report says.
However, the U.S. government’s appraisal expert valued the artwork, which dated from the era of the Roman Empire and was of Syrian origin, at 450,000 dollars.
READ ALSO: Alcharihi had paid about 12,000 dollars for it and a further 40,000 dollars to restore it.
According the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, the mosaic was about 5.5 metres long and 2.4 metres tall.
It depicted a Greek mythology scene showing Hercules rescuing Prometheus, who had been chained to a rock by his fellow gods for stealing fire for humanity.
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Alcharihi was convicted on a count of entry of falsely classified goods and faces up to two years in prison.
By The Eagle findings, mosaic motifs and properties can be variously applied and different people attach different values to mosaic. For example, mosaic tiles are used as practical ways of sustaining warmth in a home.
Mosaic tiles made with glass are known for their slow energy transmission rate, believed to represent purity, the heavens and spirituality amongst several other suggestions.
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Christiana Okosun
June 23, 2023 at 5:13 pm
Dear sir,
INDISCRIMINATE NOISE IN ADENIYI JONES
Sir please kindly permit me to draw the attention of the government through your worthy newspaper to the indiscriminate noise that is being perpetuated in our neighborhood at Adeniyi Jones in Ikeja by a Night Club known as Judex Lounge.
This Night Club is just nearby and starts operation for each day at 7pm in the evening till 6am in the morning.
Sir please I will like you to know that when they start operation in the evenings by 7pm, they start playing music so loudly that we find it very difficult to sleep at night.
One cannot sleep quietly or even think over important things that need attention because of the loud noise from the Night Club.
Families are greatly complaining as they usually bring the complaint to the meetings by the members of the residence association held every first Saturday of each month. The residence complain alot about their children not being able to sleep at night but rather resolve to crying every night, also the students among their children that need to prepare for exams overnight by reading are not able to read and concentrate because of the extremely loud noise from the music being played at the Night Club.
So sir please through the pages of your esteemed newspaper we will like to appeal to the government to come to our aid and address this menace.
Please the owners of the Night Club should either be told to relocate to a commercial area and not a residential area or are told to get a sound proof for their musical systems to help curb the noise from the musical systems so that when music is being played the noise rather stays in the Night Club alone and not come out of the Night Club thereby disturbing the peace and quietness of the whole neighborhood.
Thank you sir.
Yours sincerely,
Christiana Okosun.
* HND 1 PART-TIME
* MATRIC NUMBER: HNMC/22/202