Reconstruction needs a key.
Keep surviving fragments, secure joins, modern support and hypothetical completion visibly separate.
Open reconstruction file →Independent evidence file
Trace the record.
Build an object biography from identifiers, documented findspot, collection events, dated condition, keyed reconstruction and present display.
Open file 001 →
A complete-looking story is not stronger than a documented chain with visible gaps.
The identifier anchors every claim
Museum name, inventory number, object title, date, material and dimensions create the minimum stable record.
Open dossier →FILE 002 / FINDSPOTFindspot is not the whole original context
Place, excavation unit, object association and later movement must not collapse into one convenient origin story.
Open dossier →FILE 003 / COLLECTIONCollection history needs dated links
Excavation, transfer, purchase, division, accession, storage and loan are different events with different evidence.
Open dossier →FILE 004 / CONDITIONCondition is a dated observation
Loss, cracks, corrosion, fading and repairs must be described without turning a gallery view into diagnosis.
Open dossier →FILE 005 / RECONSTRUCTIONReconstruction must show its seams
Physical fills, digital completions, reassembled fragments and proposed original settings carry different levels of inference.
Open dossier →FILE 006 / DISPLAYDisplay is the current chapter
Mounts, labels, neighbours, lighting and route shape the encounter without becoming the object’s ancient biography.
Open dossier →
Display is dated.
Mount, neighbours, labels and light document a present encounter, not an ancient context.
Open display file →Records change.
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