GEFLEST? Terug naar het materiaal: een object-based benadering van een Romeins glazen flesje

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A Roman glass bottle … or? 

A glass bottle in the Groningen Institute of Archaeology collection, dated to Roman times, needed conservation. The physical condition was poor and the object could no longer be used for educational purposes. Before it underwent treatment, the object’s history was uncovered and the chemical composition was measured by means of portable X-ray fluorescence. This led to questions about the object’s integrity, as well as to the more general question: To what extent can we date this general type of bottle by means of stylistic and visual material characteristics?