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Title: Bronze stamp Medium; Technique: Bronze Culture: Roman Date: 1st–2nd century A.D. Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (2.9 x 7 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924 Accession Number: 24.97.17 Description: The stamp reads Veneris obsequentis, suggesting that it was used to mark products or property belonging to a temple dedicated to Venus the Propitious. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Ceramic Bread Stamp Byzantine, possibly from Constantinople Made 500-900 Inscribed in Greek in reverse: "IC XC NI KA" Accession # 1999.519.17 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.) Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.