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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.
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Title: Terracotta mold fragment
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300–100 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall: 5 5/8 x 3in. (14.3 x 7.6cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.210.82
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