Given the fact that they took the time to write a formal complaint in clay (something that’s expensive to do in the ancient world), it’s indeed likely that his copper was shitty:
“He sold low grade copper disguised as premium grade. He is a man of low repute, a copper dealer with questionable ethics, who cheats people out of their money.”
Or you know, just imagine that review on Amazon with 1/5 stars and way more expletives.
And there were many such complaints that he kept! It makes absolutely no sense that not only would multiple people lie about his copper being shitty by carving expensive tablets, but that he would keep false complaints about himself. The simplest explanation is that his copper was indeed shitty and he found it amusing that so many people complained about it.
I always wondered what the circumstances were that the tablets remained where they were. Was the house abandoned after he died? Did subsequent people who lived there just keep the tablets around for some reason?
I love the echos in culture of this one dude, who we all know, and the only reason we know of him is that he kept his own hate mail.
No idea who he is or what this is all about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nāṣir?wprov=sfla1
Ah, that story, so nothing about this particular person and “hate mail” was only further getting me off track.
And we’ll never know if his copper really was shitty.
Given the fact that they took the time to write a formal complaint in clay (something that’s expensive to do in the ancient world), it’s indeed likely that his copper was shitty:
“He sold low grade copper disguised as premium grade. He is a man of low repute, a copper dealer with questionable ethics, who cheats people out of their money.”
Or you know, just imagine that review on Amazon with 1/5 stars and way more expletives.
And there were many such complaints that he kept! It makes absolutely no sense that not only would multiple people lie about his copper being shitty by carving expensive tablets, but that he would keep false complaints about himself. The simplest explanation is that his copper was indeed shitty and he found it amusing that so many people complained about it.
“FIVE THOUSAND years from now, you will be a famous meme.”
Gettouttahere! Fuggeddaboutit!
I always wondered what the circumstances were that the tablets remained where they were. Was the house abandoned after he died? Did subsequent people who lived there just keep the tablets around for some reason?