Savaria - A Vas Megyei Múzeumok értesítője 29. (2005) (Szombathely, 2006)

Műtárgyvédelem - Sárvári Katalin: A lukácsházi avar temető 61. számú lovassír fémanyagának restaurálása

Savaria a Vas megyei Múzeumok Értesítője, 29 (2005) SUMMARY RESTORATION OF THE METAL OBJECTS IN HORSEMAN'S GRAVE NO. 61 OF THE AVAR GRAVEYARD AT LUKÁCSHÁZA Lukácsháza is a village with a population of about 1100, in the western part of Vas County, on suitable terrain inhabited for thousands of years. The inhabitants in the Avar period played some kind of border-guard role in the Avar empire. This settlement and the associated graveyard were excavated in 1999—2000 by the archaeologist Gábor Kiss. Almost a hundred graves were unearthed over several years. The men and women interred were accompanied by rich grave goods. Eight of the graves were of horsemen. No. 61, the subject of the contribution, contained a horse and rider in full splendour, in a chamber lined with animal skin oriented East and West. The grave goods buried with the horse were in a much worse state than those next to the man. The bridle ornaments on the horses head were silver plated, and so they were cleaned with a small brush dipped in Argentol. The broken pieces were fitted together by glueing them to Japanese paper. The other pieces of harness—bit, stirrups and the buckle of the belt holding the saddle-were made of iron. These were first cleaned with a Proxxon machine, before the broken or split pieces were glued with Diamant. The prepared objects were painted with a 20 per cent solution of tannic acid. Food had been put in a little vessel at the dead man's feet. The pieces of the vessel were washed and glued, before missing pieces were replaced with coloured plaster. The grave goods with the man also included a whetstone and a flint. 329