CIL IV, 9591: riflessioni in materia di impresa di navigazione e di prassi commerciale marittima

[Machine translation] The inscription CIL IV, 9591, placed on a small amphora found in Pompeii, attests to the use of containers for samples of goods in maritime traffic in the ancient Mediterranean. The registration provides information on the organizational structure of the shipping company that had carried out the transport; it offers indications about the methods of advertising the lex praepositionis of the magister navis; certifies the use of sample containers in private transport, as well as in annual transport; certifies the use, in maritime transport contracts, of forms of compensation consisting of a percentage of the cargo.