Which ancient civilization is credited with creating the first widespread system of product branding through distinctive pottery marks that functioned similarly to modern trademarks?

Before modern retail and branding strategies, ancient civilizations had sophisticated commercial systems with their own version of product branding. From Mesopotamian clay seals to Egyptian hieroglyphic marks, product identification has ancient roots. This poll explores how early civilizations approached what we now call 'brand recognition' - a fundamental aspect of commerce that has evolved over thousands of years but began in the dusty marketplaces of antiquity.

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Ancient Egypt, where artisans marked royal goods with pharaonic symbols to indicate palace-approved quality
Ancient Greece, where pottery workshops used distinctive maker's marks to distinguish their amphoras and vessels in Mediterranean trade
Mesopotamia, where clay tablets with merchant seals served as the first branded receipts for goods
Ancient China, where Han Dynasty silk producers stamped imperial marks on textiles to prevent counterfeiting