The category of ritual objects is large but does not include all objects bearing religious iconography, unless they are actively involved in a ritual. Can be defi ned as ritual objects those kept in shrines or homes and used in religious rituals, whether they are carried out by a person, a family or a community. This article focuses specifi cally on breadstampsused to mark the loaves offered in eulogy to churches by the faithful or to the faithful by the clergy of sanctuaries in the late antique and Byzantine periods. They are not cultic objects but rather household items that give the bread a religious value. The category of ritual object is useful for making sense of a class of objects linking the two worlds of the sanctuary and the home, opening a space between sacred objects and domestic itemsbearing religious iconography.