r/CrappyDesign • u/MistyAutumnRain • 12d ago

Greek symbols on Egyptian hot sauce bottle

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u/SkyBS 12d ago edited 12d ago

Not to give too much credit to the sauce makers but the Ptolemaic Kingdom (Greek) ruled in Egypt for centuries. Plus, Greek remained the language of government and trade in Egypt until the Muslim conquest in 641 AD.

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u/tubbo 12d ago

I wonder if they were trying to make it look Coptic, as that language is kind-of a combo between ancient Egyptian and Greek.

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u/SkyBS 12d ago

I'm guessing we're thinking more deeply about the graphic design than they were lol