Ancient Persian earthenware sparks debate in Iran By Christian Oliver REUTERS 4:58 a.m. April 21, 2004 TEHRAN – Artefact 90920 is wending its way from the British Museum to Tehran, where it has fired debate between those who see it as a national icon and others who say it represents all that is worst about Iran's pre-Islamic past. The controversial relic is an unassuming 23-centimetre-long (9-inch) cylinder of baked clay covered in densely packed lines of Babylonian cuneiform script. It is generally agreed to be the world's first human rights charter – but Islamic conservatives say it is redolent of...