That's not even the best part. The tablet about the copper was one of many tablets found in what is believed to be Ea-Nasir's home, and the other tablets were complaint letters as well. The fact that we have these clay tablets means that they were fired. While the tablets could have been fired during a residential fire, I'd like to believe that Ea-Nasir was a sleezey merchant who kept his hate mail and loved it enough to fire it and laugh about it forever.

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There might have been the odd party with alcohol involved but not so much door to door with the adults, the kids did this. It's maybe different in other parts. Hogmanay was when the door to door was happening

No, they're making a joke reference to Ea Nasir. He was a Mesopotamia merchant who was notoriously the recipient of the oldest known complaint letter in history — a customer sent him a clay cuneiform tablet complaining that Ea Nasir had sold him shitty copper.

Up where I am it's only recently been Americanised, up till 10/20 years ago they still called it guising and used a neep, now it's trick or treating and a pumpkin, even how kids go door to door has changed

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>which extent it was symbolic and to which extent it was substantial.

Oh it's far more than symbolic. Something as trivial as using the wrong calendar format can cause Joseon government to outright shut down because it offended Ming sensibilities.

The author of the earliest directly attributed work...that we know about, too.

Thank you! Man I can't believe nobody let me know sooner! Fixing it now

Do you think the scribes would joke about putting in nicknames to speed things up? Whats the ancient Latin for 'blah blah blah'?

Possibly because "Ottoman Documents" refers to documents from within the Empire itself.... "World's Oldest..." refers to documents referring to Ottoman Empire from outside empire?

Or... the author of the headline just didnt think...

William Dalrymple has a great podcast called Empire. I think its the 2nd or 3rd episode where they cover this including the Warren Hastings trial...etc. Well worth a listen to.

do you think she has Wilson's Disease?

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"The compiler of the tablet (is) Enheduanna. My lord, that which has been created (here) no one has created before."

The first copyright.

Tried to prove your theory wrong, but you are correct. Maybe you could be the chosen one to write his biography!

Closest I can think of is From Peoples into Nations by John Connely.

And she wasn't treated with contempt.

Oh wow, this sounds incredibly interesting! Thanks a bunch for the recommendation.

Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon takes a deep dive into early settler life in a small town in Oregon after a parricide.

The highest quality copper one could ask for

Thanks for adding that here.

I would really like to see the exhibit. I think it’s so interesting - and I just happen to be reading Andrew George’s translation of Gilgamesh, now.

I loved that song. A friend asked me, “What does it mean though?” I didn’t even try to explain, you just enjoy it for what it is.

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