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Röntgenuntersuchung

Röntgenuntersuchungen machen antike Bearbeitungsspuren unter der restaurierten Oberfläche sichtbar, wie hier am Beispiel eines Porträts des Kaisers Gordian III. aus dem Kastell Niederbieber.

Archöometrische und herstellungstechnische Untersuchungen

Archäometrische und herstellungstechnische Untersuchungen der Großbronzenfragmente erfolgen unter der Leitung von Frank Willer am LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn sowie in Zusammenarbeit mit namhaften Forschungseinrichtungen, wie dem Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum für Archäometrie in Mannheim, dem Gießerei-Institut der RWTH in Aachen, der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung- und Prüfung in Berlin oder den Wielandwerken in Ulm.

HDR-Mikroskopie

Mittels neuartiger HDR-Mikroskopie lassen sich selbst feinste Details der Bronzeoberfläche dreidimensional darstellen.

Untersuchung mit Wirbelstrommessgerät

Legierungsunterschiede, Gussfehler und Reparaturen der fast 2000 Jahre alten Bronzen lassen sich mit einem geeichten Wirbelstrommessgerät, das die Leitfähigkeit der Metalllegierung misst, genau verorten.

Large Roman Bronzes

UNESCO-World Heritage Limes

Roman statues in bronze had once been set up in large numbers also along the northwest borders of the Imperium Romanum in the military forts and civilian settlements as well as in sacred places. In a research project sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation, what is left of them is now being evaluated systematically for the very first time.

Interdisciplinary Research Approach

Of the more than 4,000 fragments known to date, which have been entered into a data base, each and every object throws open an entire range of exciting questions. Who or what has been portrayed here? Where (in what environment) did the bronze statue stand? How were the statues made? How and why were they destroyed? In order to find answers to these questions, state of the art scientific analysis is currently under way.

Network Competency

A large number of museums, universities, and specialized research institutes have become involved in the project. In spring of 2014, the results will be introduced to the broader public in an exhibition at the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn.

Click here for more information:

www.grossbronzenamlimes.de

Contact

LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Colmantstr. 14-16, 53115 Bonn

Tel. +49 (0) 228 / 2070 - 0, Fax +49 (0) 228 / 2070 - 299

Opening Hours Museum

TUE - FRI, SON 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., SAT 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., MON closed

Guided tours for school groups available from 10 a.m.

Opening Hours Library

MON - FRI 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.