Diagnostic Test 17

Harbor inscriptions praise certain captains for their generosity at feasts honoring local patrons.

Statistical analyses show that the traders who earned the highest profits also attended the most alliance feasts.

Newly deciphered cargo notes from three ships list purchase and sale prices alongside comments such as "skip rite at Kamma; poor payout—proceed to Neru for better margin," and routes match documented price differentials rather than kinship ties.

A medieval chronicle written a thousand years later states that these traders "loved gold above all."