MAS.784
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A sandal made of hemp with a pointed front bending upward slightly. The sole was made with the method of weft twining, breaking at the front. This shoe is similar to the sandals of ancient Greeks and Romans with an instep consisting of several hemp threads, 3.5-6.5cm long.;___________________________________________3.5-6.5cm____________________________
Date
200 BCE to 200 CE
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Measurement
height 5.3 centimetres, width 12 centimetres
Description
Scope and content : A sandal made of hemp with a pointed front bending upward slightly. The sole was made with the method of weft twining, breaking at the front. This shoe is similar to the sandals of ancient Greeks and Romans with an instep consisting of several hemp threads, 3.5-6.5cm long.;___________________________________________3.5-6.5cm____________________________
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Historical information
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DHL.
Stein site number
T.XIV.a.002
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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