Which ancient civilization pioneered the first known use of branded retail packaging with maker's marks to distinguish product quality and origin?

Before modern shopping malls and e-commerce, ancient civilizations developed sophisticated retail operations that shaped commerce for millennia. From the agoras of Greece to the forums of Rome and the bazaars of Mesopotamia, retail innovation drove economic prosperity and cultural exchange. This poll tests your knowledge about the customer experience design in some of history's most influential ancient marketplaces. How well do you understand the retail operations that served pharaohs, emperors, and ordinary citizens thousands of years ago?

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Mesopotamian merchants, who stamped clay containers with cylinder seals indicating the producer and contents
Egyptian retailers, who painted hieroglyphic brand symbols on papyrus wrapping for luxury goods
Roman shopkeepers, who used embossed lead tags attached to cloth and pottery goods
Chinese traders of the Han Dynasty, who used silk stamps with unique family emblems on ceramic vessels