Terracotta mold fragment
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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