Ea-nasir's copper complaint tablet
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 109). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Insufficient evidence
Date or witness: Approximately 1750 BCE
Region: Ur, Mesopotamia
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1750 BCE to 1750 BCE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
Nanni complains to Ea-nasir about unacceptable copper and the handling of the transaction; modern internet jokes have made the merchant notorious.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
A serious private commercial letter survives; later modern audiences reuse it.
What remains uncertain
No evidence of ancient public adoption or circulation. Its modern memetic life is a separate, recent phenomenon.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria