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I know that there were different nail patterns on the soles of caligae. I have seen the ones posted here on RAT, B&C2, and other sources.

However, I was told that there was a pattern with a trident and another with a swastika

Would anyone have pictures or information on these.


Thanks

Hi Paolo,

Quote:I know that there were different nail patterns on the soles of caligae. I have seen the ones posted here on RAT, B&C2, and other sources.
However, I was told that there was a pattern with a trident and another with a swastika

The one with the trident comes from a pair of soleae (i.e. sandals) from a shipwreck (transport ship) found at Woerden, dated late 2nd/early 3rd cent. It is not clear whether the ship was civilian or military.

Lit.: Driel-Murray, C. van und Jan K. Haalebos: Ein römisches Getreideschiff in Woerden (NL). in: Jahrbuch des römisch-germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz 43/1996. 490-496.

Swastikas exist in more than one case IIRC. I'll have to check for concrete examples though ...

Here you are
Source:
"Römische Lederfunde aus Mainz"
Jutta Göpfrich
ISBN 3-87280-072-8



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Source:
"Römische Lederfunde aus Mainz"
Jutta Göpfrich
ISBN 3-87280-072-8




If you need some information about sizes of the used hobnails, .... just ask.

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Thanks for posting those, Patrik, but could you add the source, please?

Quote:Thanks for posting those, Patrik, but could you add the source, please?

Done :wink:

Ah, there it was! Thanks! :-) ) (it's Jutta btw., not Juta)

dated 2nd - 4th cent.

Thanks for the reply.

My kit is from the 1st century so do you think that maybe the swastika may be too late a symbol. I know it has existed long before the Romans used it.

I am just aksing with respect ot the time of my kit.

Here is a pattern from a tile in the Nijmegen museum. Someone walked on a tile and left an imprint.

Quote:Someone walked on a tile and left an imprint.

It would be easy to imagine some tilemaker's trowel imprint on the one wearing the caligae, too. :roll: :lol:

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Quote:Someone walked on a tile and left an imprint.

It would be easy to imagine some tilemaker's trowel imprint on the one wearing the caligae, too. :roll: :lol:

As this tile was made in the factory at Holdeurn (near Nijmegen), which was runned by the Leg X GEM stationed in Nijmegen, that footprint is probably from one of the tile makers themselves LOL

Quote:that footprint is probably from one of the tile makers

Now I get it. That's the soldier whose remains were found in the bottom of that well, right? Just kidding. :wink:

LOL, well, I was thinking it, but there you go eh!

I think that adding the footprints (most on tiles, some on opus caementicum) and not limiting ourselves to actual shoes will increase the depht of this compilation.

This may become big

I have a couple of photos from my Freiburg / Strassbourg trips.

The first one is a footprint on the Roman Villa of Heitersheim, South of Freiburg in Breisgau. The € is placed over the protector glass 15 cm high, so the it appears bigger than should be.

The second one, an exmple of "legio stamped" and footprinted (thus, quite interesting ) tile from Strasbourg. Mus. Inv. 8293a, 205x160 mm, 2nd century. The photo at the book "Cinc siecles de civilisation romaine en Alsace" as the object number 77 is far better than mine :oops:

Salve

could anyone provide me with nail patterns of caligae?

Thanks