Bread Stamp, 500–900, Byzantine, Fired ceramic, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 in. (4.5 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm), Ceramics, When pressed into a loaf of uncooked bread, the stamp would have left the mark “Jesus Christ Victorious.” Bread identified by such stamps was used for the consecrated bread in the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)
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Bread Stamp, 500–900, Byzantine, Fired ceramic, Overall, 1 3/4 x 1 11/16 1, 4.5 4.3 2.6 cm, Ceramics, pressed, loaf, uncooked bread, stamp, left, mark, Jesus, Christ, Victorious., Bread, identified, stamps, consecrated, Divine Liturgy, Eucharist
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