01-29-2015, 11:40 AM
A small shoe about 23cm* long so for a women most likely... date: based on the style probably late 2nd or early 3rd cent AD. the actual dating at Yale gives a much broader date range up to the fall of Dura but this is clearly a Roman hobnailed shoe**....
Originally it may have been higher at the ankle creating a short boot with additional lace holes, but as this part is missing however I chose to make it as a normal shoe....
The decoration serves the purpose of holding the laces in situ...
* estimated from a photo and adjusted by 10% as no sole length is given.
** Roman occupation was if I have it right 160-256/7 AD.
[attachment=11658]DuraHeartshoesmall.jpg[/attachment]
Instep with side seam
[attachment=11659]DuraHeartshoesmallinside.jpg[/attachment]
Usual construction with goat skin upper...
No Glue was used in the making of this production.....
Originally it may have been higher at the ankle creating a short boot with additional lace holes, but as this part is missing however I chose to make it as a normal shoe....
The decoration serves the purpose of holding the laces in situ...
* estimated from a photo and adjusted by 10% as no sole length is given.
** Roman occupation was if I have it right 160-256/7 AD.
[attachment=11658]DuraHeartshoesmall.jpg[/attachment]
Instep with side seam
[attachment=11659]DuraHeartshoesmallinside.jpg[/attachment]
Usual construction with goat skin upper...
No Glue was used in the making of this production.....
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
