02-12-2019, 01:13 PM
(02-11-2019, 03:57 PM)Sebastianus Wrote: That's a great point re: why bags might not survive intact. And yes, I am pretty familiar with the extant finds from a few centuries later - definitely don't want to do the Migration-period "maybe-tinder-pouch" belt bag thing. I keep various items like dice, tweezers, sewing kit etc. in smaller drawstring leather or linen bags, so really just need something to keep all those in. If I can't find something documentable, I'd like it to at least be unobtrusive - sounds like a simple, squarish bag in the 25-30cm range might work. Thanks!
The only other bag I can think of at the moment is this one from Barhill so of Antonine date mid-late 2nd century its very fragmentary but also very simple the method of "herringbone" lacing is pretty common, the form is a folded piece of thin leather approx 45x30cm (so 45x60 before its folded), a medium sized goatskin would supply all the material necesary, the offcuts would be used to make the lacing, calf could also be used.
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
