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Hobby Lobby ordered to forfeit rare Gilgamesh tablet

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A federal judge ordered Hobby Lobby to forfeit an ancient cuneiform tablet inscribed with a portion of the Sumerian epic poem of Gilgamesh, MarketWatch reports.

The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was sold to Hobby Lobby illegally in 2003, federal prosecutors say.

The tablet was purchased to be displayed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

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