Greek Terracotta mold fragment - Public domain museum image. A stone object with a man and a woman on it

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Greek Terracotta mold fragment - Public domain museum image. A stone object with a man and a woman on it

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Summary

The mold, covered with a variety of different symbols, has been seen as being used for stamping sacred cakes. Alternatively, the symbols may not be religious but rather the marks of individual tradesmen or merchants who, acting as a guild, wanted to put a corporate seal on their goods.
Hellenistic

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Date

0000 - 0200
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Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

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