1975년(年) 3월(月) 경주(慶州) 안압지(雁鴨地) 보수공사(補修工事) 당시(當時) 출토(出土)한 마(馬)의 유해(遺骸)의 종류(種類), 연령(年令) 및 성별(性別) 등을 감정(鑑定)한 바는 다음과 같다. 1. 출토(出土)한 유해(遺骸)는 골(骨)이 9점(點) 치아(齒牙)가 28점(點)이었다. 이들 골유해(骨遺骸)는 두개골(頭蓋骨), 상완골(上腕骨), 0골(骨), 제(第)1지골(指骨), 대퇴골(大腿骨), 경골(脛骨)이 각(各) 1점식(點式)이고 경추(脛椎)가 3점(點)이며, 치아(齒牙)가 28점(點)이었다. 2. 두개골(頭蓋骨)은 현존(現存) 우리나라 재래마(在來馬)의 그것과 형태(形態)와 크기가 매우 유사(類似)하고 치아(齒牙)의 마멸상태(磨滅狀態)와 형태(形態)로 미루어 볼때 10재(才) 미만(未滿)의 장마(壯馬)로 추정(推定)된다. 3. 사지골(四肢骨)들은 현존(現存) 우리나라 재래마(在來馬)의 그것들보다 다소(多小) 왜소(倭小)한 체구(體軀)의 마체(馬體)의 것으로 추정(推定)된다. 4. 유해(遺骸)들의 감정(鑑定) 결과(結果) 2두(頭) 이상(以上)의 마체(馬體)의 것들로 추정(推定)된다.

A number of the remains of animals were unearthed from Anup pond in Kyungzu during the repair work in March, 1975. To determine the species of animal origin and the ages and sexes of them, some judgement and morphological examination of the animal remains were conducted and the results obtained with the bone remains believed to be of horses are summarized as follow. 1. The total of the remains of horses excavated were 28 teeth and 9 pieces of bones. The bones were classified into on each of skull, humerus, radius, the first phalanx, femur and tibia, the remaining 3 pieces being cervical vertebrae. 2. The cranial bone was relatively in fair preservation and, on the whole, the gross appearance was quite similar to that of current Korean native horses. With the defacement of the teeth, the horse remains could be of a mare with the age less than 10 years. 3. The size of the appendicular skeletons were a bit smaller than that of Korean native horse at present. 4. The results obtained in the present study strongly indicated that the horse remains excavated from the An up pond could be of at least 2 or more horses.

• 모기철(Dept. of Vet. Med., Coll. of Agric., Kyungpook Natl. Univ.) | Mo, Ki Choul