The stamping of flat bread was common in Egypt from the Roman period onwards. Discover more about these three bread stamps from our #EgyptExhibition, which represent the three religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam http://ow.ly/VztLt
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Stamp with a cross made of fired red clay. Probably from Akhmim, Egypt, uncertain date. Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Stamp with a menorah made of wood. Probably from Ashmunain, Egypt, uncertain date. Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Stamp with Arabic inscription made of fired clay. Egypt, 9th–11th century. Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
I know that flat bread stamps are still used by the Orthodox/Coptic Christians on occasion but I don't know if the tradition is carried on by the bakers of other faiths.
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