Bread Stamp
Portion of a circular bread stamp. The design on this limestone mold features triangular shapes. Found near the Round Church, the stamp would have been used to impress Eucharistic bread.
Provenience: Summit, Room 248, South of Round Church
Date: 400-600 CE (?)
Height: 10.5 in
Width: 6.5 in
Further Reading:
Fitzgerald, Gerald M. 1931. Beth-Shan Excavations 1921-1923: the Arab and Byzantine Levels: Page/Fig./Plate XXIV. No. 1 and pp. 32 and 33.