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Title	Shoe
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	300
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Antinoe (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Death Footwear
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 170mm, Tread width: 65mm, Waist width: 55mm, Seat width: 50mm, Heel height: 50mm, Heel thickness: 2mm, Sole thickness: 3mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.159-1914
Record ID	T.159-1914
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	300
Notes	A dark leather shoe, Egyptian, ca. AD300-700 (probably). Decorated with a scraped design. Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund. Coptic footwear was primarily made with leather, often using the turned technique, to produce a slipper or shoe with a straight sole. Slippers often included a rand at the vamp and a fibre padded sole sewn together with prominent stitching or insole tab. They show variation in the form and height of the instep. Shoes were generally slip-ons and also show variation in the form and height of the instep. Footwear was highly decorated in geometric and floral designs. Often a variety of techniques were used in combination, with the most popular being dyeing, gilding, openwork and appliquÃ©.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Tanned leather with scraping Leather Tanning Scraping
Fiziksel açıklama	A dark, leather child's shoe. Round toe and round heel. Turned technique. Sole: Straight but wear suggests Left. Hole at seat. Cracking at waist. Deep cracks at big toe. Well worn. Wide running stitches along perimeter of sole. Was the shoe mended? These are roughly done and there are smaller, neater stitch holes around sole perimeter which at some places still hold. These smaller ones are the turned stitches. No insole. Upper: Once piece with backseam turned in and sewn with running stitch. No topband. Forepart of vamp well creased. Mid-vamp to instep decorated with scraped design. Mid-vamp there is one horizontal line; then a band of cross-hatching (14mm wide); then a band of thick, rounded Vs on their sides, separated by think lines; finished with another horizontal line. Vamp ends in high throat with a point over instep and a circular knop at the point. Quarters come up hight to ankle.
Üslup	Coptic

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Shoe

Author Unknown

Publication Date 300

Publication Place Egypt (made) Antinoe (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Death Footwear

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 170mm, Tread width: 65mm, Waist width: 55mm, Seat width: 50mm, Heel height: 50mm, Heel thickness: 2mm, Sole thickness: 3mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.159-1914

Record ID T.159-1914

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 300

Notes A dark leather shoe, Egyptian, ca. AD300-700 (probably). Decorated with a scraped design. Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund. Coptic footwear was primarily made with leather, often using the turned technique, to produce a slipper or shoe with a straight sole. Slippers often included a rand at the vamp and a fibre padded sole sewn together with prominent stitching or insole tab. They show variation in the form and height of the instep. Shoes were generally slip-ons and also show variation in the form and height of the instep. Footwear was highly decorated in geometric and floral designs. Often a variety of techniques were used in combination, with the most popular being dyeing, gilding, openwork and appliquÃ©.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Tanned leather with scraping Leather Tanning Scraping

Fiziksel açıklama A dark, leather child's shoe. Round toe and round heel. Turned technique. Sole: Straight but wear suggests Left. Hole at seat. Cracking at waist. Deep cracks at big toe. Well worn. Wide running stitches along perimeter of sole. Was the shoe mended? These are roughly done and there are smaller, neater stitch holes around sole perimeter which at some places still hold. These smaller ones are the turned stitches. No insole. Upper: Once piece with backseam turned in and sewn with running stitch. No topband. Forepart of vamp well creased. Mid-vamp to instep decorated with scraped design. Mid-vamp there is one horizontal line; then a band of cross-hatching (14mm wide); then a band of thick, rounded Vs on their sides, separated by think lines; finished with another horizontal line. Vamp ends in high throat with a point over instep and a circular knop at the point. Quarters come up hight to ankle.

Üslup Coptic