Trade guilds Following the unification of the city-states in Assyria and Sumer by Sargon of Akkad into a single empire , a common Mesopotamian standard for length, area, volume, weight, and time used by artisan guilds in each city was promulgated by Naram-Sin of Akkad (–2218 BC), Sargon's grandson, including for shekels. Codex Hammurabi Law 234 () stipulated a 2-shekel prevailing wage for each 60-gur (300-bushel) vessel constructed in an employment contract between a shipbuilder and a ship-owner. Law 275 stipulated a ferry rate of 3-gerah per day on a charterparty between a ship charterer and a shipmaster. Law 276 stipulated a 2-gerah per day freight rate on a contract of affreightment between a charterer and shipmaster, while Law 277 stipulated a -shekel per day freight rate for a 60-gur vessel. In 1816, an archaeological excavation in Minya, Egypt (under an Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire) produced a Nerva–Antonine dynasty-era tablet from the ruins of the Temple of Antinous in Antinoöpolis, that prescribed the rules and membership dues of a burial society collegium established in Lanuvium, in approximately 133 AD during the reign of Hadrian (117–138) of the Roman Empire.
trade guilds following the unification of the city-states in assyria and sumer by sargon of akkad into a single empire  a common mesopotamian standard for length area volume weight and time used by artisan guilds in each city was promulgated by naram-sin of akkad (–2218 bc) sargon's grandson including for shekels codex hammurabi law 234 () stipulated a 2-shekel prevailing wage for each 60-gur (300-bushel) vessel constructed in an employment contract between a shipbuilder and a ship-owner law 275 stipulated a ferry rate of 3-gerah per day on a charterparty between a ship charterer and a shipmaster law 276 stipulated a 2-gerah per day freight rate on a contract of affreightment between a charterer and shipmaster while law 277 stipulated a -shekel per day freight rate for a 60-gur vessel in 1816 an archaeological excavation in minya egypt (under an eyalet of the ottoman empire) produced a nerva–antonine dynasty-era tablet from the ruins of the temple of antinous in antinoöpolis that prescribed the rules and membership dues of a burial society collegium established in lanuvium in approximately 133 ad during the reign of hadrian (117–138) of the roman empire