03-05-2018, 09:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2018, 10:04 AM by Crispianus.)
Thanks Robert
Another Solea, this time single piece from Angel Court in London, the feature in which it was found is dated 120-280ad, though this style appears quite late so most probably belongs at the end of this time period mid to late 3rd century AD... Sandals of this kind could be worn with socks with a seperate big toe either made from cloth or naalbinding (often brightly colored in multiple colours).
Size for this example is approx 14cm long (my estimate, the originally may be larger) so again for a small child possibly a boy of 3years? old by modern standards, also found in this feature is what appears to be a Yo-Yo.... one might speculate that this belonged to the same child...
References:
Transaction LAMAS Vol 28 1977:
"Excavations at Angel Court, Walbrook, 1974" by T Richard Blurton
"Footware in the North-western provinces of the Roman Empire" by C. van Driel-Murrey, see table page 356
in "Stepping Through Time" by Olaf Goubitz.
Another Solea, this time single piece from Angel Court in London, the feature in which it was found is dated 120-280ad, though this style appears quite late so most probably belongs at the end of this time period mid to late 3rd century AD... Sandals of this kind could be worn with socks with a seperate big toe either made from cloth or naalbinding (often brightly colored in multiple colours).
Size for this example is approx 14cm long (my estimate, the originally may be larger) so again for a small child possibly a boy of 3years? old by modern standards, also found in this feature is what appears to be a Yo-Yo.... one might speculate that this belonged to the same child...
References:
Transaction LAMAS Vol 28 1977:
"Excavations at Angel Court, Walbrook, 1974" by T Richard Blurton
"Footware in the North-western provinces of the Roman Empire" by C. van Driel-Murrey, see table page 356
in "Stepping Through Time" by Olaf Goubitz.
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
