The palaces of Crete and their builders . Triada. This is slightly enlargedfrom the last figure to the rightin the uppermost zone. The soleappears to be marked, and thequarter is cut in a triangularshape from the heel to near thetoes. One strip binds the soleto the instep, and the rest ofthe bandage makes four turnsabove the ankle. The soldier in Fig. 34 wears boots. This form of footgear is otten found onmilitary statues cast in bronze, and on one terracotta publishedby Mr. Dawkins.^ A bronze statue similar to this was foundat Rethymo, and both are important on account ot the shape otthe dagg
The palaces of Crete and their builders . Triada. This is slightly enlargedfrom the last figure to the rightin the uppermost zone. The soleappears to be marked, and thequarter is cut in a triangularshape from the heel to near thetoes. One strip binds the soleto the instep, and the rest ofthe bandage makes four turnsabove the ankle. The soldier in Fig. 34 wears boots. This form of footgear is otten found onmilitary statues cast in bronze, and on one terracotta publishedby Mr. Dawkins.^ A bronze statue similar to this was foundat Rethymo, and both are important on account ot the shape otthe dagger worn at the belt bv these soldiers ; it is one of the most ancient forms ofweapon known, and theblade even is of similar to these,not onlv in shape andlength of blade, but alsoin the form of the hiltand the two bosses seenon the hilt in Fig. 108,were found in their placenear a copper knife whichlay on the thorax of a skeleton in the Necropolis of Remedelloin the district of The boots of this soldier are white,. FIG. 106. FOOTGEAR OF A GYMXAST. ^., vol. ix., 1902. ^ Colini, II Scpolcrcto di Remedello, Bullet. Pdlet. It. anno xxiv.,1898, pi. ix. p. 24. 228 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS and are of the same shape, and probably made of the same kindof leather as those worn in Crete at the present day. The legof the boot was made in various shapes, as we may see if wecompare the boots of Dawkinss figure with the narrower top-boots of the conscript in Fig. 107. If we look closely at thepart near the great toe in the original, we can see an opening,as if the artist had intended to represent a poor conscript whohad hastened to take up his service with broken boots. It iscertain that two forms of footgear were in use among soldiers—boots, and shoes with tight bandages on the leg.
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