Once again, the best approach to a damaged artifact that can't be researched without further damages is leave it alone until the technology comes along to allow it to be researched.
I wholeheartedly agree. Of course, the same general argument is made for not digging out more of Pompeii until there’s money to re-restore, conserve, and protect the parts already uncovered, which means, we’ll die before anything else gets dug. ;’)