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a quote from this tablet. #babylon
“I am not getting water for my sesame field. The sesame will die. Don’t tell me later, ‘You did not write to me.’ The sesame is visibly dying. Ibbi-Ilabrat saw it. That sesame will die, and I have warned you."
the full tablet (well, what's left of it) really starts with a "i hope this email (clay tablet) finds you well!." link attached.
most of the other ones do too, lol. though i read those elsewhere.
this man is probably farmer, so he probably couldn't write or read! he found a scribe and was hoppin' mad in that man's office (or wherever he worked. office may very well be correct.)
and the scribe wrote it down with emphasis!
letter to merchant, Ea-nāṣir
"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."
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/537889-oldest-written-customer-complaint
okay. maybe i'll add a few more over today. this one is from the city-state of Ur.
this one kills me. definitely read the whole letter. we pretty much have the whole thing.
Nanni, the man who wrote the letter, is at his limit.
this one is pretty famous so you may have seen it.
there is a whole subreddit called r/ReallyShittyCopper that is dedicated to jokes about Ea-nāṣir that's pretty funny.
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