I have questions... that rabbit mold
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I confess that I'm not certain, but both novelty kitchen utensils and novelty pastries in various shapes are known in Roman cooking, so my best guess would be for something of that type.
I wondered if they would cook rabbits in it, so the shape would hold up
Rabbits were associated with fertility and abundance and new life/spring. So likely just a pastry mold for rituals.
Ancient Roman chocolate Easter bunnies confirmed.
In Germany there's a form of meat loaf that is called 'false rabbit'. The meat loaf was traditionally either formed by hand or using a copper form. Maybe that recipe is way older and already comes from the Romans.
Wikipedia e.g. has an image of this form from 1810 (which looks more like a dick to me than a rabbit but who am I to judge that 😄):
I was pretty sure this was c/castiron for a second. Actually fitting