Summary

Insole of leather, for a Roman shoe or calceus, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 82

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Three-ply sole of a lady's boot, 8 3/4" long, right foot. RMS notes: Similar to FRA 83, ?pair SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. [MoS description] Skins off their backs. Making things from leather. Making shoes. (4) Parts of a multi-piece shoe, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1914

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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