So, the stele was stolen?..................
“Was this yours?” “Uh, hmm, let me check... yeah, it’s ours!”
Repatriation of artifacts is riddled with BS.
BTW, most of the ruins of Greco-Roman Zeugma now lie underneath some hydro project built by the Turks, but the bits that are open to tourists are a UNESCO site. Whee.
https://freerepublic.com/tag/zeugma/index
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/44-1211/features/252-features-zeugma-after-the-flood