08-04-2019, 09:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2019, 09:42 AM by Crispianus.
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(08-01-2019, 07:42 PM)Euparkeria Wrote: Interesting! Any idea on how the sole is attached on the first one (seems to be a separate sole)? Oh, and is that fabric part of the find?
Sorry I missed your reply for some reason, the first appears to be a turnshoe construction (made inside out probably on a last) though its not that clear in the photes the stitching is there, the upper on the toe having torn away on the line of the upper stitching, the cloth doesn't look original and is likely just a filler something to stuff the shoe with.
This could be made exactly like any other turnshoe but with addition of a rand, in this case a folded piece of leather between the seam, originally it may have looked like this externally exactly like some of the Luxor shoes do:
It looks like an additional sole has been added probably by tunnel stitching, most likely a sole repair.
I've not seen any report on this shoe this is my impression based on the photo.(see the Luxor article for further construction details).
Edit added in additional pics of Luxor shoes for clarity:
Luxor shoes as originally bundled:
Source: Footwear in Ancient Egypt, The Medelhavsmuseet Collection 2014, André J. Veldmeijer.
Artists interpretation Luxor shoes:
Source: Footwear in Ancient Egypt, The Medelhavsmuseet Collection 2014, André J. Veldmeijer.
Seam construction luxor shoes:
Source: Ptolemaic footware from the Amenhotep II Temple at Luxor, André J. Veldmeijer.
For a comparison with the the second shoe see the Persian finds in this book, can be read online for free or buy the ebook:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/leatherw...swan-egypt
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
