Boot

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Many types of footwear existed in the Byzantine world. Boots were worn by soldiers and laborers, slippers by monks and clergy, and sandals by government officials; the poor would have gone barefoot.
The patterns incised on this sumptuously decorated boot indicate that it was made for the elite of Egypt.

Boot, Leather; incised

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