(1)Complaints about the arrival of the wrong grade of copper
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(2)Found in 1750 BC in Ur, Babylonian period
(3)Common Babylonian social problems
(4)Ancient Chinese and English Literature
(5)How dirty and stupid he must have thought of carving all that
(6)In the Babylonian era, there was a con artist named Ea-nasir
(7)And he’s always been the one who guarantees good quality copper and sends shit every time
(8)I can’t help but laugh when I look up how many complaints I have to send to Ea-nasir
(9)So what you’re saying is that we’re talking about a particular person from 5,000 years ago in detail
(10)It’s not because he’s such a shitty guy
(11)Technically 4,000 years ago, but yeah, Ea-nasir is famous for his poor business
(12)If this is funny, you’ve only seen a fraction of the truth yet
(13)To list two more facts;
(14)- Ea-nasir didn’t just trade in copper, but looking at the lithographs we’ve found so far
(15)In the slabs with protests against Ea-nasir, from cooking utensils to real estate speculation
(16)He’s literally sold anything
(17)- So far, most of the protest documents against Ea-nasir have been discovered, and most of them are from a building
(18)It was found in a room, and it is said that this building was most likely Ea-nasir’s home
(19)Think about it. It’s a clay plate. It’s big, but it’s easy to break and it’s hard to store
(20)Usually, clay tablets didn’t even store well unless they were economically important items
(21)So far, most of the clay tablets are manufactured for commercial reasons
(22)Things like inventory lists and bills, so we’re going to talk about the real culture of Babylonia
(23)I know very little, but I understand only one economic situation
(24)But Ea-nasir, he’s got all the smear documents against him
(25)He literally collected hundreds of sheets of clay filled with abuse in his room
(26)What the hell is this
If you look at one of the smear documents from Babylon’s famous dragon arm to Nasir, you can see that Nasir is not just a fraud, but a bonehead
Tell Ea-nasir Nanni sends the following message
When you came you said to me as follows “I will give Gimil-Sin when he comes fine quality copper ingots” You left then but you did not do what you promised me You put ingots which were not good before my messenger Sit-Sin and said “If you want to take them take them; if you do not want to take them go away!”
What do you take me for that you treat somebody like me with such contempt I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money deposited with you but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times and that through enemy territory Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one trifling mina of silver which I owe you you feel free to speak in such a way while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1080 pounds of copper and umi-abum has likewise given 1080 pounds of copper apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas
How have you treated me for that copper You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore my money to me in full
Take cognizance that from now on I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality I shall from now on select and take the ingots individually in my own yard and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt
Ea-nasir, listen, Nanni sent the following letter
You said the following when you visited me I’ll give Gimil-Sin a high-quality copper ingot, and you left, but you didn’t keep your promise You gave my deputy Sat-Sin a rogue ingot and said If you don’t want to take it, go away!
What do you think I am to insult my agent like this? I chose a great man as my agent to get my money back, and you insulted me by sending them back empty-handed through enemy territory many times Telmun Is there anyone who deals with Bahrain, Qatar, etc. now who treated me this badly? You are the only one who insulted me like this!
On the books, I owe you a mina of silver, and whatever you say, I’m going to get 1080 pounds of copper as we stamp and fill out the clay we keep in Samas’ temple, and not me but um-abum should get 1080 pounds of copper as well
How can you treat me like this with that copper? You left my money in the enemy’s territory and now it’s totally up to you to return it
I’ll never accept the low-quality copper you sent me, so keep it in mind, and I’ll only take it after I let you sort out the copper ingots from my land And I veto because you insulted me
If you put all the sentences above together
1 In Babylon, he was a huge octopus-footed tycoon who sold household equipment, used goods, used sales, ore income, and even insurance
2 A genius who introduced Swiss banking-style security by depositing the money in an adversary country after fraud
3 According to other records, Asir is a pioneer in modern business, running not only mutual funds but also limited liability ventures with the money invested[Laughing]
They set up venture expeditions that allow small investments, and they make profits by touching everything from product development to profit distribution