Conservation of Liaoning-type Bronze Dagger Excavated in Wollae-dong, Yeosu

여수 월내동 출토 비파형동검의 보존

The Conservation Science Team of the National Museum of Korea has carried out the conservation on the mandolin-type bronze sword that was excavated from Weolnae-dong, Yeosu as had been requested by the Research Center of Dolmens in Northeast Asia. The mandolin-type bronze sword from Weolnae-dong, Yeosu is accounted to be the longest one among all the bronze swords of the same type that have ever been excavated until now and it was in a treated condition with the primary conservation treatment already achieved. Due to the corrosion in progress, it was in a very brittle condition being in two separate parts of the upper and lower parts. With the upper part exposed and the lower part with earth, they were urgently collected. The Conservation Science Team carried out the conservation treatment on them by connecting the lower part of the mandolin-type bronze sword to the upper part after making the lower part exposed, and then by using an estimated restoration method for lost portions. When carrying out the conservation treatment, the glass fibers of 10 wt% Paraloid B-72 (in Xylene) was used as a method for strengthening the brittle artifact, and a non-destructive analysis was carried out to identify the ingredients using the X-ray fluorescence spectrometer.

국립중앙박물관 보존과학팀에서는 동북아지석묘연구소에서 의뢰한 전라남도 여수 월내동 출토 비파형동검에 대한 보존처리를 실시하였다. 여수 월내동 비파형동검은 현재까지 출토된 비파형동검 중 가장 길이가 긴 동검에 해당되며, 1차적으로 보존처리가 이루어진 상태였다. 부식이 진행되어 매우 취약한 상태로 상단부와 하단부 2개체로 분리되어 있었고, 상단부는 표면에 노출된 형태로 하단부는 흙과 함께 응급 수습되었다. 보존과학팀에서는 흙 속에 있는 비파형동검 하단부를 노출시켜 상단부와 접합하고, 결실된 부위는 추정 복원하는 방법으로 보존처리를 진행하였다. 보존처리 시 취약한 유물을 강화하는 방법으로 유리섬유는 10 wt.% Paraloid B-72 (in Xylene)를 이용하였고, 성분을 확인하기 위해 X-선 형광분석기를 이용한 비파괴 분석을 실시하였다.