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Image Not Available for E34 Leather Fragment
E34 Leather Fragment
Image Not Available for E34 Leather Fragment

E34 Leather Fragment

Date12th-15th Century
Object NameLeather Fragment
Mediumleather
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width): 153 × 116mm
AcquisitionTransferred from Historic Scotland.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028482.23
About MeSite number: E34
Site name: Gallowgate Middle School
Small find number: N/A
Context number: 84 (layer)
Trench number: 2
Feature number: N/A
Phase number: 2
Sample number: N/A
Lab number: N/A
Catalogue number: 584 ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')
Illustration number: 44

Large leather fragment possibly a shoe upper. One side has a stitching channel running most of its length before it frays. Opposite side is frayed at top. Bottom has a straight edge. Also evidence of stitching at top. Multiple very small fragments of leather with the larger having stitching holes.