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Branding
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Burning the skin with a mark to indicate the status of property (or criminal conviction in some cases). As with livestock, branding slaves has a long history.
The Babylonian "Code of Hammurabi" from 1780 BC recorded laws regulating the branding of slaves (and penalties for surgeons obscuring such brands), and this image shows a bronze branding iron with the cuneiform characters for "I am his slave", apparently from 2000-1800 BC.
As largely permanent marks, brands identifying owners are unsuitable if the owner is likely to change. However, the mark can carry other information. For example, the Roman practice of branding recaptured slave fugitives with "FVG"; and the branding of African slaves to be shipped to the Americas with a symbol for their port of origin, or the company that exported them.
In SM fiction, branding appears in both Story of O and John Norman's Gor books.
With the growth of modern body modification, branding is a small but increasingly common practice within the ownership subculture.
See also
External links
- "Human branding article" in Wikipedia
- "The Branding (and Baptism) of Slaves" by Hugh Thomas in R.A.L.P.H.
- Information on the process of branding from BMEzine.com
- Scarification photos (including branding) on BMEzine.com
Scarification photos Alternate from the live site - Cautery Branding and Strike Branding experiences on BMEzine.com
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Burning the skin with a mark to indicate the status of property (or criminal conviction in some cases). As with livestock, branding slaves has a long history.
No such picture! The Babylonian "Code of Hammurabi" from 1780 BC recorded laws regulating the branding of slaves (and penalties for surgeons obscuring such brands), and this image shows a bronze branding iron with the cuneiform characters for "I am his slave", apparently from 2000-1800 BC.
No such picture! As largely permanent marks, brands identifying owners are unsuitable if the owner is likely to change. However, the mark can carry other information. For example, the Roman practice of branding recaptured slave fugitives with "FVG"; and the branding of African slaves to be shipped to the Americas with a symbol for their port of origin, or the company that exported them.
In SM fiction, branding appears in both Story of O and John Norman's Gor books.
With the growth of modern body modification, branding is a small but increasingly common practice within the ownership subculture.
See also
External links
- Human branding article in Wikipedia
- "The Branding (and Baptism) of Slaves" by Hugh Thomas in R.A.L.P.H.
- Information on the process of branding from BMEzine.com
- Scarification photos (including branding) on BMEzine.com
- Cautery Branding and Strike Branding experiences on BMEzine.com
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www.ownership-possession.com
Burning the skin with a mark to indicate the status of property (or criminal conviction in some cases.) As with livestock, branding slaves has a long history.
Cannot display picture! The Babylonian "Code of Hammurabi" from 1780 BC recorded laws regulating the branding of slaves (and penalties for surgeons obscuring such brands), and this image shows a bronze branding iron with the cunieform characters for "I am his slave", apparently from 2000-1800 BC.
Cannot display picture! As largely permanent marks, brands identifying owners are unsuitable if the owner is likely to change. However, the mark can carry other information. For example, the Roman practice of branding recaptured slave fugitives with "FVG"; and the branding of African slaves to be shipped to the Americas with a symbol for their port of origin, or the company that exported them.
In SM fiction, branding appears in both Story of O and John Norman's Gor books.
With the growth of modern body modification, branding is a small but increasingly common practice within the ownership subculture.
See also
External links
- Human branding article in Wikipedia
- "The Branding (and Baptism) of Slaves" by Hugh Thomas in R.A.L.P.H.
- Information on the process of branding from BMEzine.com
- Scarification photos (including branding) on BMEzine.com
- Cautery Branding and Strike Branding experiences on BMEzine.com
Archivist Note: Scarafication photo album on BMEzine
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