Conservation of a Romano-British urn | Episode 6: Reconstruction

The sixth episode in a weekly series that tracks the in-depth conservation work on a Romano-British cinerary urn.
Watch previous episodes in the series - goo.gl/U851ra
Cinerary urns were designed to carry ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies.
Follow conservator, Dr Duygu Camurcuoglu as she conserves this beautiful glass object.

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

I appreciate the humility of the conservators reaching out to colleagues when realizing that their methods haven’t yielded the correct results, as they are all experts in their own rights. To the conservators and film-makers/archivists, thank you for helping to preserve history for every generation to enjoy and learn from!

[@sandracasey6794]

Thank you for the series. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@iliyanlaskov4253]

What an interesting series. Very much appreciated

[@ingeborg-anne]

In the start of the clip I was worried you had just scotch taped it together :')

[@abyssaljam441]

Why don't you want the joints to be stronger that the glass? The only reson I can think of is if it get knocked the joint will break befor the glass. There must be other resons?

[@remuladgryta]

Also, you might want to be able to disassemble the urn at some point in the future, which is much easier if the glass is stronger.

[@britishmuseum]

Actally +Abyssaljam that really is the main reason.We don't want to use a stronger adhesive than the archaeological glass itself because if any damage happens to the object, we prefer the object to be damaged from the old/previously broken joins, without creating new/fresh breaks in the glass. So the adhesive chosen needs to be weaker than the glass itself to achieve this.

[@StasiSLG]

Spend 3 weeks on an empty glass jar. I love your job, honestly. I would've just put that shit in the recycle bin.

[@PomoriSchatz]

try with beans instead of sand... they don't stick to the adhesive, don't scratch, don't do nothing but support the sherds and be helpful for you =)