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Kelmon80 t1_iwbrg2z wrote

Reply to comment by Rear-gunner in Slaves were brutally branded in ancient Egypt, research shows by Rear-gunner

Iron was a rare, expensive resource back then, and likely a huge investment for an ancient Egyptian farmer (or slave merchant, for that matter). But i fail to see why you can't brand cattle with some iron that's smaller than whatever is in use today. Even a finger-sized branding in the right position would still do its job: Differentiating who's cattle belongs to whom, even if it takes longer to figure out.

I mean, I'm not saying it couldn't have been used for slaves, but that's a huge assumption to make just based on size.

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Rear-gunner OP t1_iwbskfh wrote

Actually if you read the article you would have read that these irons were made of bronze

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pedrito_elcabra t1_iwchw60 wrote

Or goats, or sheep, etc etc. There's many other possible explanations... someone went with the most clickbaity one.

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