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Egypt
DOI Artikel:Dzierzbicka, Dorota: Footwear from cemetery C at Naqlun. Preliminary report
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0270
NAQLUN
EGYPT
looking at the better-preserved left sandal,
the soles measured 25 cm in length and 8 cm
in maximum width. The right sandal, in
turn, shows that the sole was slightly
waisted at mid-length (6 cm wide).
The sole of the sandals was composed of
an insole and a treadsole that were stitched
together. Stubs of thread protrude from the
insole, but it appears that the seam did not
penetrate the treadsole. No traces of
threading ate visible on the treadsole, but
this may be completely obscured by the dirt
adhering to the bituminous substance
covering the sandals. In any case, traces of
threading are visible along the outer edge
(a parallel, double stitch visible around the
heel of the right sandal and on the inner
front of the left sandal) and through the
centre (a single stitch visible at the toe of
the left sandal).
A leather thong passed through the front
centre of the sole and was fastened in place
with two knots, below and above the sole. It
is only extant to a length of roughly two
centimetres, but it surely continued as some
sort of fastening.
On both sides of the heel there were
wider strips of leather (c. 1.5 cm wide,
c. 5 cm long) attached to the sole (whether
to the insole, the treadsole, or in between is
impossible to determine, but the specimen
certainly corresponds to Montembault's
type B.4 Leather thongs 0.2 cm thick passed
through slits made in these strips and
originally may have been connected to the
thongs that passed through the sole next to
the big toe and tied around the ankle. Some
loose fragments of thongs are still attached
to the adhesive substance covering the soles
of the sandals.
REFERENCES
Montembault, V.
2000 Catalogue des chaussures de I'antiquite egyptienne, Paris
Veldmeijer, A.J.
2006 Knots, archaeologically encountered: a case study of the material from the Ptolemaic
and Roman harbour at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast), SAK 35, 337-366
4 For parallels to this pair in the Louvre, see Montembault 2000: 94-105, especially nos 37, 39, 45, and 47. The closest
parallels are from Antinoe and are dated to a period from AD 130 to the 12th century.
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EGYPT
looking at the better-preserved left sandal,
the soles measured 25 cm in length and 8 cm
in maximum width. The right sandal, in
turn, shows that the sole was slightly
waisted at mid-length (6 cm wide).
The sole of the sandals was composed of
an insole and a treadsole that were stitched
together. Stubs of thread protrude from the
insole, but it appears that the seam did not
penetrate the treadsole. No traces of
threading ate visible on the treadsole, but
this may be completely obscured by the dirt
adhering to the bituminous substance
covering the sandals. In any case, traces of
threading are visible along the outer edge
(a parallel, double stitch visible around the
heel of the right sandal and on the inner
front of the left sandal) and through the
centre (a single stitch visible at the toe of
the left sandal).
A leather thong passed through the front
centre of the sole and was fastened in place
with two knots, below and above the sole. It
is only extant to a length of roughly two
centimetres, but it surely continued as some
sort of fastening.
On both sides of the heel there were
wider strips of leather (c. 1.5 cm wide,
c. 5 cm long) attached to the sole (whether
to the insole, the treadsole, or in between is
impossible to determine, but the specimen
certainly corresponds to Montembault's
type B.4 Leather thongs 0.2 cm thick passed
through slits made in these strips and
originally may have been connected to the
thongs that passed through the sole next to
the big toe and tied around the ankle. Some
loose fragments of thongs are still attached
to the adhesive substance covering the soles
of the sandals.
REFERENCES
Montembault, V.
2000 Catalogue des chaussures de I'antiquite egyptienne, Paris
Veldmeijer, A.J.
2006 Knots, archaeologically encountered: a case study of the material from the Ptolemaic
and Roman harbour at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast), SAK 35, 337-366
4 For parallels to this pair in the Louvre, see Montembault 2000: 94-105, especially nos 37, 39, 45, and 47. The closest
parallels are from Antinoe and are dated to a period from AD 130 to the 12th century.
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