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Reading #4(WWE)

The way the elite could have taken advantage of the seals is to regulate merchandise, or to keep track of what merchandise was there whenever they had to move it. The seal could have also acted as a signature, maybe if the seal had something unique on it that only the owners seal had. They could have also used it for like branding. I also think the seals were used to distinguish people. I don't think you would see an official or landowner with the same seal as a worker. So in a way these could have seen as a sign of power. You could think of it as a police badge, it just gave people authority. One thing that the writing pointed out is that even if you didn't speak a language you would still be able to understand a seal because it was just a picture. So they were very versatile.

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