The Restoration and Conservation of a Bronze Artefact

摘要

The bronze vessel is dated from the Imperial Roman age, during the first and second centuries.This Italic import item was probably produced in a Campania workshop and reached the territory ofthe Dacian Kingdom before the Roman conquest. Many such artefacts were discovered in thesettlements and fortresses near the capital Sarmizegetusa Regia [1].The preservation state of the item was influenced mainly by the nature of the soil in which itrested, but also by its composition. We are dealing with the corrosion compounds of the cooper alloythat deeply affected the integrity of the walls. Thus, they became friable and, in some places, theresulting galvanic cells entirely destroyed the metal. The whole surface of the object displaysrandomly positioned mineral and vegetal depositions. On the outer wall, in the place where thehandle was accidentally detached, traces of an empirical intervention are visible, and this is probablya tin patch attempt.