Which ancient civilization first used standardized product seals as a form of brand identity, placing distinctive symbols on goods to indicate their workshop origin and quality?

Before modern marketing departments and digital advertising, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated approaches to branding and product identity. Merchants, artisans, and traders developed distinctive symbols, seals, and reputations to distinguish their goods in busy marketplaces from Mesopotamia to Rome. This poll explores how ancient civilizations laid the groundwork for modern brand identity concepts that still influence commercial practices today.

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Mesopotamian (specifically Babylonian merchants around 3000 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian artisans under Pharaoh Ramses II
Chinese merchants during the Zhou Dynasty
Greek pottery makers in Athens during the Classical period