Uses of Bread

A meal is not complete without the warm and crispy rounds of bread. Sometimes the bread is a dish by itself, as when it is rolled for a sandwich. It is also an eating utensil used for scooping food off a dish. Indeed, this has always been the case with bread. A recurrent ancient scene, depicted on cylinder seals and plaques, is that of seated figures, scooping food from plates with pieces of ‘tinuru’ bread. The flatbreads sometimes function as plates on which other cooked foods are put.