• Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      Ea Nasir is a really interesting case study of how one piece of information can be interpreted in two completely different ways.

      One interpretation, and the one most people know, is that the authors of the clay tablets complaints are legitimate.

      The other is that Ea Nasir kept them as a record of people attempting to harm his reputation. So he could remember who to avoid doing business with in the future.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Also ancient Sumer had a pretty decent legal system for it’s time, it’s entirely possible Ea-Nasir was keeping the tablets for a possible court case. So the ancient equivalent of saving texts from a shit customer.