Oldest Customer Complaint: Akkadian Tablet to Ea-Nasir (1750 BC)

Nanni wants to speak to the manager.
The English translation is from A. Leo Oppenheim's Letters from Mesopotamia.
0:00 Akkadian
0:14 English

[@RS99FILMS]

I love that Ea-Nāṣir has been condemned to history because Nanni wrote a letter of complaint. Imagine if in 3773 years time the only proof of your existence was an F grade report from a disappointed teacher 😂

[@Douglas27Akira]

There was an entire room full of tablets. This is just the most famous.

[@RS99FILMS]

@@Douglas27Akira so Ea-Nāṣir literally had a room of complaints 😂 even better.

[@Emmariscobar]

​@@RS99FILMS It gets even better! The reason that the tablets managed to survive for this long in such good condition is because his customers were actually so fed up with his terrible copper that they decided to *burn his house down.*

[@Weeby_historian]

@@Emmariscobar or he might’ve heated them to preserve it himself tho that’s less likely

[@ianslaby5703]

sounds more like a bad yelp review tbh

[@mikdan8813]

Ea-Nassir: (sells sub-par copper) Nanni: I'm bouta ruin this man's whole career for 4000 years

[@thereservationatdorsia2618]

funniest part is: in* 4000 years

[@Vacerous]

Bro's shade is still stinging

[@tinyetoile5503]

In some forms of belief, a person's spirit can only exist in the afterlife as long as people remember them (or something like that). Rather than ruining his whole career, Nanni might've given Ea-Nasir eternal afterlife

[@senatuspopulusqueromanum]

@@tinyetoile5503tengri

[@mortache]

​@@tinyetoile5503Eternal afterlife in hell tho

[@Wojak_who_games]

why did you do my boy like that giving him low quality copper ingots

[@keepermovin5906]

And in enemy territory no less!

[@nostalgic_nickname3935]

W Ea-Nasir founder of EA

[@theducknamednewepicla9507]

I'm sorry for violating your boy.

[@lenny_boxx4206]

​@@nostalgic_nickname3935 EA Nassir its in the copper

[@cbrad-eo6nt]

Iltam zumra rashupti ilatim

[@nunyabiznes33]

You know what's funny? This and several other complaint letters were found in his house. It's like he purposely sold bad copper to everyone to get a stockpile of letter for archeologists to find.

[@meinkek7896]

Or. Its fake. Created by the elites.

[@moogibeans9822]

That is super interesting. Why on earth would he keep all of these conplaint letters?

[@pablo_giustiniani]

​@@moogibeans9822 flexing

[@lenny_1369]

Business Man

[@sethheristal9561]

@@moogibeans9822 probably those writing tablet are recyclable.

[@Artur_M.]

That moment when you can feel somebody's indignation about the bad quality copper carrying over the millennia.

[@larsthedude1984]

Even more, 3770 years, and even now I’m sympathetically angry over the gaul of this asshole trying to screw a guy out over this copper sale.

[@JimmySal1]

@@larsthedude1984 For real, I've written this email multiple times. I usually pull an Abraham Lincoln and rewrite it in the morning before sending it off though.

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

Imagine people knowing your name thousands of years in the future because you sold a shitty product?

[@1C3CR34M]

@@larsthedude1984 ah dude, same here. I feel the rage of Nanni, imagine sending multiple messangers and never getting your copper

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

@@CrazyPangolinLady and they say all publicity is good publicity ha

[@MrLeemo176]

Nanni: You're without doubt the worst copper merchant I've ever heard of Ea Nasir: But you have heard of me

[@screamqueensfan288]

Jack sparrow ass

[@nikolaidrostdov]

What

[@JatPhenshllem]

What

[@icarusbinns3156]

@@nikolaidrostdov did you not get the delightful reference, pup?

[@nikolaidrostdov]

@@icarusbinns3156 no

[@fredpagniello3267]

EA-Nassir, the quintessential "used car salesman".

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Conman par excellence

[@javiercs006]

I mean, it's EA.

[@Caun-88]

"It's not copper impurities, it's surprise mechanics"

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

No no good sir, this is our brand's new and top of the line, temple approved copper alloy, as good as the best bronze at a fraction the price!

[@abe881]

Used copper salesman*

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

Imagine being an archeologist, spending years studying and deciphering this ancient tablet. And discovering it's literally a customer's complaint over shitty copper. Best moment ever.

[@awkwardcultism]

They'd probably love it. Finding information about major stuff (wars, empires) is easy. Day-to-day minutiae is actually quite hard to learn about. Like, we know who all the Roman Emporers were, but it's hard to figure out how expensive a dozen eggs would have been.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

@@awkwardcultism Nothing gets me going like watching a 30 minute video about Roman inflation during the third century crisis

[@NicholasHEADSHOT]

​@@awkwardcultismAt least now we now that a harlot in Pompeii costed 2 loaves of bread and half a liter of wine

[@arrielradja5522]

​@@NicholasHEADSHOT how much is that in drachma?

[@randomtinypotatocried]

@@thaneofwhiterun3562 Thanks now I need to search for this information since it sounds interesting

[@diptosarker810]

He is truly the first ever EA.

[@Adam-pv4qn]

underrated 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaysontadlock1871]

How this isn’t top comment I’ll never know.

[@n0denz]

Underrated

[@jout738]

Scammer gets caught 4000 years later.😂

[@SpartanJoe193]

Lawl

It becomes funnier when you realize that Ea-Nasir means "helper/ed of/by Ea" and Ea (also know as Enki) was the trickster god of the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons.

[@ShrimpGaslight]

He’s also the most powerful and the big daddy God of the Annunaki (Mesopotamian Pantheon), their equivalent of Zeus or Odin.

[@NicholasHEADSHOT]

So you are telling me Nanni would gladly enter a black van written Free Cad- I mean, Free Copper, after Untrustworthy Mike convinced him?

[@jordanwhite352]

The John Madoff of his day.

[@personeater747]

So was that his real name or was it a slight against him? Like when christian fundamentalists call things they dont like the devil

[@real_nosferatu]

@@personeater747 trickster ≠ evil

[@LordVader1094]

I find it amazing that all of that was packed into 14 seconds in the original language, vs a minute and a half in English.

[@The-Opium-Den]

Those ancient Bronze age languages can convey in only a handful of words what it takes modern languages whole paragraphs to do the same. The drawback to this being those old languages were devilishly tricky to learn. And people being people, corners get cut at the school level and centuries or millennia later you end up with languages that are easier to learn, but that lack the elegance of their predecessors.

[@Xebelan]

ancient languages are frequently information dense. ex: ancient egyptian-- it's also full of deliberate sarcasm and puns. even the religious texts.

[@martonk]

There is absolutely no way that the beginning was the full message. You can see way more letters on the tablet than even sounds uttered by the reader. It is probably just a demonstration for how it sounded

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@martonk a lot of those sounds are probably unknown

[@arakui]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 no, we've decoded pretty much all akkadian script and know how it sounded when spoken, the start is just a demonstration of it.

[@thirdyespedido9606]

I love how this is more civilized than some Karen Encounters

[@BOUBAKR1]

مافهمت شي

[@mortimer687]

*all Karen Encounters

[@benthomason3307]

The key difference between this and a Karen is that this guy's indignation was actually justified.

[@ezert_13]

Our civilization is far more uncivilized than older ones

[@jonathanwells223]

It’s just the copper merchant is the one with sense of entitlement instead of the customer

[@Tobbs96]

Apparently this Ea-Nassir was a professional hustler. His home was absolutely filled with customers complaining about him selling shitty products, everything from copper to jewelry to furniture. And this guy kept them all in his house as if they were trophies. Finally, the ruins the tablets were found in showed signs that his house had been burned down.

[@bluevioletandlilac]

Mesopotamian Jimmy McGill.

[@chrisdawson1776]

History's first troll.

[@ariefakmalmuhammadzulkifli7662]

Can we recreate his house digitally?

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

​@@bluevioletandlilacBetter call Nassir

[@concept5631]

Good question​@@ariefakmalmuhammadzulkifli7662

[@mute.gaming]

I need COPPER, Ea-Nāşir. I need COPPER, Ea-Nāşir. I need COPPER, Ea-Nāşir. You should REFUND me NOW. I need COPPER, Ea-Nāşir. I need COPPER, Ea-Nāşir.

[@therealkat1342]

I want my money bach. Give me my money bach now I want my money bach!

[@Panzerkampff]

if Nasir had watsgaaap😂😂😂😂

[@Honorable_Asshat]

This gives a new meaning to *"I'm gonna write a 1 star review on my tablet."*

[@Wicked_Weavile0808]

Terrible, I love it 😂

[@inko_lor]

fun fact: the original tone of this may not have been as composed and mystical as portrayed here, as it has been proven that the text was actually written in an annoyed, slightly vengeful akkadian

[@382u3uuej]

"as if has been proven" by who?

[@Astarohath]

You will learn treating my messenger with contempt! -said Dumbledore calmly.

[@chrisdawson1776]

@@382u3uuej Who hurt you?

[@382u3uuej]

@@chrisdawson1776 ?

[@chrisdawson1776]

@@382u3uuej 🤡

[@TheAnalatheist]

Didn't Ea-Nassir supposedly have a whole room dedicated to complaints against himself?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

That's one interpretation of the building - he also swindled a man named Nigga-Nanna whose tablet was found nearby, as well as a few others

[@Saltiren]

@@ABAlphaBeta Boy that name did NOT age well

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@Saltiren You could also tell that to Roger Fuckbythenavel and John Goldenbollocks, as well as the infamous John le Fucker

[@lucastheemperor4443]

@@ABAlphaBeta Infamous "John le Fucker" :DDD

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@ABAlphaBeta Are they by any chance related to Biggus Dickus?

[@doggo6056]

EA-nasir it's in the copper

[@morbiusv5857]

A joke 3770 years in the making.

[@ekothesilent9456]

This joke is standing on the backs of literal billions of people.

[@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346]

That's the point. There shouldnt be anythin in the copper but copper. That applies to todays EA as well

[@olanwebb8850]

Imagine what the guy that cheated would think if he knew the people were still hearing about what a bad guy he was after thousands of years.

[@AnonymousOmniscience]

“This will be forgotten about.”

[@notsojharedtroll23]

​@@AnonymousOmniscience he really be rolling in his grave

[@blakksheep736]

" *Everyone* will remember this. "

[@cybr69lol]

He literally kept all of his complaints in a room lol, I bet he would be getting a kick out of this

[@jout738]

Scammer gets caught 4000 years later.😂

[@MountainRaven1960]

That’s the complaint’s department for you. You make a complaint, and 4000 years later someone is finally reading it!

[@taswaarhasan56]

underrated

[@SA_Vengarr]

Legends say that Nanni is still on hold with Customer Service.

[@blakksheep736]

Imagine being put on hold for 4000 years. I'd imagine even the person who wants to talk to you about your car's extended warranty would give up at that point.

[@poplar1376]

I'm amazed that someone or a group of people could understand that tablet

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Duality ないす نَيس

[@tevarinvagabond1192]

​@hawkmoon5It's interesting how it took so long for the Hittites to be discovered by archaeology when the Christian Bible already mentioned the Hittites along with other ancient nations. A lot of people don't seem to realise that the Bible is actually very good as a historical text... obviously you can take out the religious parts if you don't believe it, but the actual background context is quite accurate and there really isn't any archaeology to disprove such history as described in the text

[@zerotodona1495]

@@tevarinvagabond1192that’s cause people think they are so high and mighty with a book, they don’t care to read to the context it gives. The Bible is literally a history book, religious book, and morals book.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@tevarinvagabond1192 And it gets more interesting when you compare the bible with other documents from the era. When something big happened, other people will also notice.

[@troodon1096]

I'd like to think the reason it's so well preserved is the writer was so angry he depressed the stylus very deeply into the clay.

[@BigScreamingBaby]

You know Nanni probably didnt expect people to ever read his message of complaint in such a calm voice

[@jont2576]

Imagine writing a letter of complaint to ebay and it gets framed in museums 2000 years from now

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

Assuming they don't somehow forget how to use technology in the meantime, I'm sure they'll have millions of such examples. Any particular one (unless written by a celebrity or something) wouldn't be very interesting. This is only interesting to us because we have so few examples of writing from that time and know relatively little about those civilizations.

[@charlesmieth2467]

Damn he really did get treated with CONTEMPT

[@alexis_electronic]

"If you want to take them, take them. Otherwise, leave." lmfao

[@wewenang5167]

same like any shopkeepers today it seems lol

[@malcolmliang]

Hurry up and buy

[@rxg9er]

They will be high quality once you refine them yourself.

[@erasmosaurus9162]

The word of the day is "contempt"

[@hannahbrown2728]

I know how this contradicts one of my favorite memes, but Dr. Brad Hafford whos been the field director at Ur before and is currently digging at, Nineveh I think; had a really great take on Ae Nasir and his copper and his hoard of letters. What if he kept these letters because he was actually a decent businessman who wanted to rectify a situation with a dissatisified customer? Thats just as likely as him being a hand rubbing little gremlin who lords over his hatemail. We can see why one is obviously more attractive though lol

[@faarsight]

Anything is possible, but not everything is equally funny.

[@13gan]

Since the letters/tablets are well kept, it's also possible a legal requirement for his business to keep track of all correspondence, in the same way that we have account records for businesses. The only reason why so many cases of complaints were discovered is because more of the complaint section survives.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

This is the most likely scenario. These letters are carved in tablets, so I'd imagine that takes a bit more effort than scribbling a rant out with pen and paper. Plus, in those times they both had to be very high class, since they're literate and have the time (and clay) to carve all this out. So I think it's likely the complaints were genuine and the responses sincere, at least to some degree.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

I might be wrong, but apparently his house burned down, which hardened the tablets, making them last longer. I wonder if it was an accident, or angry customers.

[@hannahbrown2728]

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y It couldve just as easily been coincidental that the house that burned down due to normal circumstances also had all this information. He wouldve been living and cooking there too, so that risk is always there. Its just so fun to speculate, and thats to me what makes history one of the most enjoyable form of study

[@OuterRimPride]

-complains about the poor treatment of his messenger -complains by having his messenger carry a huge stone tablet through enemy territory to the recipient

[@CubicApocalypse128]

Phone-sized clay tablet*

[@edryctan672]

​@@CubicApocalypse128 Still fragile though

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Well thats his job

[@Peta_CHAD69]

messenger:"right, so you'd like me to carry this tablet tens of miles through enemy territory. …Can I… get you anything else sire?? Maybe a fruit or other vender's copper??" Nanni: "No, just give it to him and come back. I just REALLY need him to know how his copper and his professionalism is so much less than unsatisfactory."

[@Zodroo_Tint]

And you complain about a messenger has to carry a message. :) If those people would know how easy the life will be 3 thousand+ years later... We find a guy frozen into the ice, we are able to fix him, his question: - So what are you doing for a living? - Nothing, the state provide me everything because I can't work. - Why can't you work? - It stresses me.

[@NoriMori1992]

The whole thing about "enemy territory" makes this the most high stakes customer service situation I've ever heard 😂

[@JeevesAnthrozaurUS]

Me: Tries to imitate the Akkadian language, but fails horribly The demon I've summoned:

[@dershogun6396]

don't tell anyone, but if you acctualy pronounce this entire text right, Nanni's ghost will appear in your dreams and will tell you where to find the finest copper in all of the akkadian empire^^

[@giorgospapoutsakis5271]

​@@dershogun6396 don't let Ea Nasir learn about it!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The demon be like: what is it now, ever since people started using the language again I can't find time to scheme

[@kirill9064]

@@dershogun6396 Unfortunately his information would be 4000 years out of date.

[@waltuh11121]

I can't believe Ea Nassir did this to Nanni, I'm actually speechless. I hope they soon put aside their differences and go to the Eufrates river for fishing again like old friends

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

Not likely. Ea-Nāṣir means devil-helper. It was probably an insult, not his name.

[@berkleypearl2363]

I love that historical channels are like 50/50 education/shitposting with a large Venn diagram of educational shitposting

[@tharrod1]

I love how everyone ignores how Nanni mentions that he literally still owes Ea-Nasir a mina of silver...

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Well yeah he's still waiting for quality copper ingots!

[@elitemation]

"Im getting all these complaints, I hope nobody will notice them.." thousands of years later:

[@SB-129]

Friendship ended with EA-NASIR Now SUUSAANDAR is my Best Friend

[@Jay-uu5lu]

He literally had to scratch a rock which took hours to make his point while today we just press a few buttons in less than a minute

[@afz902k]

Well, not exactly but still your point is valid.

[@Discotekh_Dynasty]

Wet clay, but yeah that’s still a ballache

[@kennykentus2919]

What? I doubt this took longer than an hour to push in to a clay... Especialy if it was written by proffesional writer. The clay was soft and the letters are not comlipcated consisting of one to five pushes per letter.

[@guisampaio2008]

Not hours, also it is clay.

[@roiad876]

​@@kennykentus2919 as far as I can remember the dudes who wrote this tablets studied very rigorously and could write very very fast, so more like minutes

[@deadknight1402]

The fact that the only thing we know about Ea-Nasir and Nanni is that the former sold bad copper and the prior wrote about how angry he was about it is the greatest thing ever. And yes, out of everything that we've discovered about Ea-Nasir specifically, we apparently have found what could've been his house, and a bunch of letters from customers complaining about him selling bad copper.

[@loowick4074]

Nanni could have literally been a karen throwing a fit at the most mundane short comings and presumptions too. Like when you sell your old phone to a guy and he keeps calling you that your phone doesn't work but he literally couldn't set it up properly or was installing pirated apps and leave a review how you are a scammer. We may never know And I find it funny to think about

[@blakksheep736]

@@loowick4074 to be fair, it seems like it wasn't only Nanni who didn't like Nasir. Nasir had a whole room of customer complaints.

[@connorscanlan2167]

I bet Ea-Nasir was running short one season and figured he could get away with getting low quality copper for a little while until things picked back up. And then he got this complain and probably told himself, "Whatever. This'll blow over. Nobody will remember it." Live life like an archeologist is going to find out what you did.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Nah, all the bad copper caused the Bronze Age collapse.

[@connorscanlan2167]

@@nunyabiznes33 *society collapses* "Oh, Ea-Nasir!" Ea-Nasir: "A-hyuk-hyuk!"

[@jordanwhite352]

Ea-Nasir would totally be a crypto bro today.

[@Fummy007]

Contempt was a important thing back then I guess.

[@alexc8114]

Sounds to me he's using it as a legal term like being in contempt of court

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@alexc8114 for sure it was. You weren’t allowed to reject a merchants merchandise (as it could directly lead to their starving to death in a world of trade and Barter) unless they mistreated you in some way first this was referred to as “the right of rejection” mentioned in the video

[@gabby_5820]

Are we supposed to shocked by this? I mean come on, EA is literally in his name

[@verylostdoommarauder]

My goal in life is to make sure that the last piece of evidence that I exist isn't someone complaining about me.

[@ImperatorGrausam]

Man reading this out loud is funnier than when I read about it the first time. Hahahahahahaha I love it.

[@zawarudo1161]

How people in 2500 years will see our negative google reviews after getting scammed:

[@Brassarn]

Was the customer left on read?

[@jakubpociecha8819]

We may never know...

[@BruderSenf]

the fact that these temporary clay tablet survived for almost four millennia meant that they were burned.....does this mean ea nasirs house was burned down?

[@joshuanorman2]

Dude the tablet was fired before it was sent to ea-nassir otherwise it wouldn't have survived the trip

[@CubicApocalypse128]

@@joshuanorman2 Firing a tablet would've been the equivalent of laminating it. The tablets were sent dry, unfired, and covered with a protective clay envelope, which the recipient would break off. Once you'd read the tablet, of course, you *could* fire it if you really wanted to, keep it for your records, or recycle the (free!) clay into fresh tablets.

[@RafaelBenedicto]

I believe clay naturally dries out and hardens when exposed to air over long periods.

[@blakksheep736]

@@RafaelBenedicto but still, it wouldn't have lasted 4000 years unless it was fired.

[@bluevioletandlilac]

It did indeed. Angry customer, perhaps?

[@rayanderson5797]

This is just the thing I love so much about Akkadian tablets. It's incredible that we have so much of their writing given how ancient it is, and even more incredible that we can read it. And most of it is so mundane, but so human. There's another one, I think from the same culture, which says "A poor man is better dead than alive. If he has salt, he has no bread. And if he has bread, he has no salt!" And brother let me just say that is a whole ass mood...

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Ea-Nasir was brave, considering that back then he could have been eliminated by an angry customer.

[@ekothesilent9456]

Some dude regularly moving thousands of pounds of copper can probably afford some decent security

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@ekothesilent9456 True

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y but then again the same dudes who are buying thousands of pounds of copper could probably afford decent hit men.

[@ra_alf9467]

​@@ekothesilent9456 and the messenger who carried this massive brick of message through the enemy territories could be a decent hit men for him

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@ra_alf9467 kill him with the brick even really “send a message”

[@OneOfGamers]

Ea-nasir the founder of EA

[@dershogun6396]

Karen, 2020 A.D. : I want to speak to the mannager NOW Nanni , 1750 B.C. : I want to see the finest copper in all of Mesopotamia NOW but seriously: The fact that such every-day most human things that are almost 4000 years old exist and that we can read them is wonderfull and it makes history relatable. Often we think that people back thenn were so different in their way of life and their mindset that we see ancient history almost like we would see an alien culture from another galaxy but then you get remindend that they had Nanni where we have Karren and you know: Some things NEVER change^^

[@urphakeandgey6308]

It's stuff like this that could get more people interested in history due to the relatability and humor. I don't like how most history in school is taught in such a dry "just remember dates and names" kind of way, rather than really emphasizing why we should remember them.

[@zitronentee]

I still wonder if Atlantis really intended as a pure fiction. If so, that means, all the current efforts to find Atlantis are pointless.

[@facuuu2809]

Romans used to draw penises in stones so yeah 😂

[@loowick4074]

We never changed one bit.

[@Peta_CHAD69]

Nanni sounds like whose issues can be solved with a reasonable resolution while modern day Karens are just goblins who are looking for an excuse to yell at people.

[@marcello7781]

"Thanks for your feedback".

[@RRRRRRRRRRR956]

Turns out the oldest known profession is customer service

[@Killerwale-hk4wy]

Considering how many complaints we found in his house, he was a scammer who kept trophies. Absolute chad

[@Joseph-xg8vi]

Ea Nasir: Whatever, nobody is going to hear about this guy's complaint 4,000 years later:

[@SupahTrunks7]

As someone who works online customer service it is both comforting and saddening to know that humanity has always been the same because the the tone and wording here feels like every other essay length customer complaint I’ve had to deal with

[@blakksheep736]

Another 4000 years and it'd be a direct to brain download of someone complaining about their sub par warp drive. But it'd still be the same.

[@cleanerben9636]

The annoyance of dealing with a bad copper source . Somethign we all can relate too.

[@Vorcupine]

"May I speak to your manager" "Perhaps, on some level, I could partake in some intelligible rambling to your superior"

[@grievetan]

Glad to know that even 4000 years ago someone hated EA

[@BuildingCenter]

Quite the appropriate opprobrium in the reading.

[@Steir12]

Among gods, epic heroes and great kings of the age of myth there is a man who immortalized himself trough selling outrageously shitty copper and in absolutely flabbergasting quantity too. What a lad, kudos.

[@incognito_incognito]

Latest news (4000 years late): Ea-Nassir treated Nanni and his messenger with contempt by selling poor quality copper.

[@blakops000007]

Nasir is an Arabic name I wonder if it has the same meaning: Champion

[@ABAlphaBeta]

It could well be related!

[@BurnBird1]

Naşir is (unless I'm missremembering) the stative form of the verb naşarum (to protect) so the name essentially means "Ea is (my) protector". A protector and champion are both people that fight one someone else's behalf, so the stems are probably cognat

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@BurnBird1 They're also both specifically equipped with long a and ts. And yes, I've encountered the conjugation form nassarutim I believe

[@blakops000007]

@@BurnBird1 Is it Nashir or Nasir? Because these are very different nouns. And the Ea also reminds me of the archaic Arabic Eyay: اياي It would be in Arabic 'Eyay Nasir' which means: Mine Champion

[@BurnBird1]

@@blakops000007 it's Ṣ (I didn't have it on my phone keyboard) which in Akkadian represents an emphatic sibilant, so similar to /ts/. Ea in this case is the name of a god, basically the Mesopotamian version of Levantine El, as in the head god of the Canaanite pantheon.

[@temporelucemtenebris5313]

His name was ƙåřēŋ

[@ceterfo]

History don't repeat but it sure f****** rhymes. There's something beautiful about that.

[@JackOpulski]

It's not about the bad copper Nanni's mad about as much as it is about Ea Nasir's blatant lack of respect.

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

I've heard several readings of the translation, this is the best.

[@andrewberrocal2281]

Proof that immortality can be achieved unintentionally

[@deffet]

environment changes, people don't change

[@riikkaalanen3429]

There’s more to this complaint than meets the eye. It turns out that Nanni owes Ea-Nasir “a trifling sum of money”. It seems to me that Ea-Nasir wants his money back and won’t sell good copper to Nanni nor return Nanni’s money bag until the debt is paid! Nanni ain’t too happy about it. 😁😆

[@bogdiworksV2]

Yea, that bit barely gets a mention from Nanni. Heh.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

A perfect example of the kind of writing we find. - Logistics like shipping lists or tax collections - a few articles of glory and conquest, with the typical mix of history and mythology - some personal letters, like the one that explains local house rules to a game or a complaint.

[@blazingtrs6348]

i like being reminded that people, no matter how far back you go, are still people

[@1.4142]

Plot twist: It was one of their competitors trying to give them a bad rap.

[@Guto_Loco_Gushek_Brasil]

Sounds like me complaining about my mobile service.

[@iamtheguitar]

A missing last piece was recently discovered with some uncommon symbols that are believed to mean "2 out of 5 stars"

[@contemplatively]

The Yelp review that never goes away. Lord have mercy.

[@JuliusCaesar888]

This excavation site found a whole room filled with these tablets, most complaints. This guy collected his own hate mail lmaaaooooo. Such a troll.

[@arnaugarzaran1375]

imagine being doomed for the entiry history just because some customer wrote a bad rewind about ur business

[@deechonada]

I cannot believe bro paid a scribe to write that shit down like it was anywhere near as easy as typing up a yelp review on a smartphone. Bro must've been MAD

[@christopherg2347]

The funniest part was that Ea-nasir seemed to be _collecting_ those kinds of complaints. This wasn't the only one he kept.

[@kensled9665]

Bro is catching fades from youtube over 4000 years later

[@Sirmatthaeus]

Such an ancient yet formal complaint.

[@siler7]

Oh, you were finished! Well, allow me to retort! What does Nanni look like?

[@jonathanbrisby4101]

how is karen related to this? it should be normal in a civilized society to treat each other with respect and honour your deals. if we view this as something deserving of laughter, i believe we as a society are corrupt.

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Because Nanni is rude and a bit pompous, also it happened 4000 years ago

[@jonathanbrisby4101]

@@ABAlphaBeta guess i'm just a bit pompous myself) thank you for sharing with us these visions of the past long gone.

[@pohiena2666]

Calm down, mr good manners, this is a joke.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@jonathanbrisby4101 People *really* don't like Karens for simply existing,I guess

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@jonathanbrisby4101 ...and I don't blame them,I'm not surprised people joke so much about them

[@brantleyalbert4759]

To file a complaint and take the time to chisel it into a stone must mean you were really upset

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

The cuneiform was written on soft clay with a wedge-shaped writing tool. Each wedge impression wouldn't take longer than an instant for a skilled writer. Each letter/character would be as quick to write as (non-cursive) english writing on paper. The expensive/hard part would have been the cost of the clay (obviously a bit more than a piece of paper) and especially having the message delivered across enemy territory.

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

This man sold me subpar copper. I am going to etch him a strongly worded tablet to ensure he never does this to me again

[@Moimus]

Virgin Nanni vs. Chad Ea-Nasir

[@genericbean4727]

S-tier customer complaint

[@tegan8523]

I feel for the messengers that had to walk back and forth trying to aquire the copper

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

Through enemy territory! At least they saved themselves the hassle of carrying back all that crappy copper by rejecting the goods.

[@tegan8523]

@@philojudaeusofalexandria9556 the true heroes of the story

[@wildfire9280]

Nanni cares about his messengers. Be like Nanni.

[@nandoman4769]

Dudes service was so bad that knowledge of it has lasted for thousands of years.

[@Vindicator_SD]

"Why did you send me poor quality copper?" Nanni said calmly.

[@kingloriak]

It's crazy how little the tablet actually contains as to how much it translates to in english

[@mo-s-]

Iltam sumra rashupti ilatem

[@samgyeopsal569]

One might even imagine that this irate customer was treated with contempt

[@Matt-jc2ml]

It would be awesome to bring this guy back and show how famous he is after 4000 years. Like his legacy lived on through his bad copper. And he could explain that dog joke too

[@bluevioletandlilac]

Nanni's favorite word is contempt.

[@VolkColopatrion]

I don't know who this is but someone a very learning status who had the resources to write and make such a complaint has made a very formal complaint.

[@mantidream8179]

You can tell he expects much better of Ea-Nasir

[@WojciechP915]

In the words of Ea-Nasir, you get what you pay for. Good, Fast, and Cheap. Pick two.