Commerce & Trade | Working the Ship | Weaponry
Shipping Containers
"Food, ammunition, pitch, and nails were found on the Machault in oak barrels of different sizes. Another container type, a massive
rectangular crate, was also found."22
"Some types of merchandise were not shipped in wooden containers, but were wrapped as bales; soft packages bound with cord or metal hoops."
Commerce and Trade
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"Not reliable for the exacting measurements required for coins or raw
drugs, weights were most likely used to determine bulk measurements of
provisions or trade goods. Size markings are impressed on their tops,
and impressed on their bases are what may be trade control marks for the
harbors in which these weights were considered legal."23
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 Solid cast-lead merchant or common weights |
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