The Epic of Bronze Age Shitposting

“The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir is a clay tablet that was sent to ancient Ur, written c. 1750 BCE. It is a complaint to a merchant named Ea-nāsir from a customer named Nanni. Written in Akkadian cuneiform, it is considered to be the oldest known written complaint. It is currently kept in the British Museum. In the 2020s, the tablet’s content and Ea-nāsir in particular gained popularity as an internet meme.“ Apparently, there was a second tablet that is connected to Ea-nāṣir...