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Shapes of Bread

Shapes of Bread


‎Wheat bread was the most important staple food in antiquity. In order to have a certain variety in the daily meals, the bread was mixed, for instance, with spices or millet, and was baked in various shapes. The basic flat breads as shown below on the right was probably [the] most frequently baked bread. The moist dough was stuck on the outer side of the hot oven. When it fell off, it was ready to eat.
‎Gen 3:19; 14:18; 18:5; 28:20; Exod 12:15; 16:3; 29:23; Lev 7:13; 23:14; Deut 8:9; 1 Kings 14:3; Ezek 4:9, 4:13, 4:15

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