Shoe Mold from Tell Halula

Limestone shoe mold, Neolithic period, Tell Halula, Syria, c.5500 BC. Example of early leatherworking. National Museum of Damascus, inv. DAMASCUS 1397 (HL 46.281).

Description

Certain archaeologists have interpreted this type of object as a cult-related item that would have been placed in a temple, but the archaeologist at Tell Halula believes that, given the object’s size and the context in which it was found, it is more likely to have been a form used for making shoes. It is an eloquent reminder of the applications of leather obtained by tanning animal skins.

  • Site: TELL HALULA

  • Date: 5500 B.C

  • Material: Limestone 

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  • Archaeological Mission:

  • National Museum Of Damascus (2011) –  DAMASCUS 1397 (HL 46.281)

  • VMS Code: Dam 075-2

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