Shoe/Calceus

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Shoe/Calceus

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 94

Description

Roman shoe or calceus of leather, with elaborate hobnail pattern, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80-180 AD

Use

Used to protect feet from hard or shard objects on the ground.

Context

Numerous shoes were found at Trimontium during James Curle's excavations

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Leather

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 94

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

lace-up shoes

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland object link

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition