Vessel in Shape of Ankle Boots

Collection number	土037-0037
Provenance	Iran
Period	Iron Age
Date	10th-8th Century BCE
Material	Pottery
Dimension	H. 12.3 cm
Comment	Shoe-shaped pottery dating from the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age has been found in Anatolia and northwestern Iran. This type of pottery was thought to be a rhyton, which is a container from which fluids were intended either to be drunk or to be poured out in a ceremony such as a libation. The shape of a tiptoe is characteristic. We can see the u-shaped, incised decoration on the instep of the shoe. This decoration suggests that the pottery imitated a moccasin, a type of shoe consisting of a sole and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top with a vamp (additional panel of leather).
Classification	pottery
Keywords	Orange Funny Western Asia, Iran, Northwestern Iran, Gilan Iron Age, Iranian Iron Age, Iranian Iron Age 2 Clay, Pottery, Terracotta Vessel, Cup, Figurative vessel, Shoe-shaped vessel Object, Shoe
資料ID	1799