Comment by dmix
10 months ago
The bakers stamp on the bread is interesting branding
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_...
10 months ago
The bakers stamp on the bread is interesting branding
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_...
While we're on the subject of ancient bread, ACOUP had a nice and extensive series of posts detailing how it was made and distributed, with a lot of info on Romans specifically:
https://acoup.blog/2020/07/24/collections-bread-how-did-they...
It is! I found the sword quite fascinating as well. The older Chinese lettering on it looks really neat, too
Agreed, this was the most poignant object for me in the article!
I think it was the equivalent of a tax stamp
My recollection from a previous article was that in many cases, ovens were communal, so the mark was so that they knew which items belonged to a particular baker:
https://wheatbeat.com/bread-stamps/
That is correct. In my home country, Spain, such ovens still exist, although nowadays they are few and far between. The few people who still use them keep signing their bread, a tradition that goes back to at least the Ancient Egypt. You can read a bit more in this Wikipedia article (no English version, sorry)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sello_de_pan
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I guess the share your home BS started hundreds of years before my time makes life seem more futyl