Wednesday, September 25, 2024

London Trip 17: You Can Do Numerous Successful Commercial Transactions With No Recognition

But, you get caught shipping lousy quality copper, and your name endures forever:

Yes, that's the tablet that has the complaint about Ea Nasir - right there in clay and cuneiform, inscribed in 1750 BC.  Ea Nasir was a merchant that helped put the mess in Mesopotamia.

Located in the British Museum in Room G56, display case 24, if you're looking to go see it in person.

2 comments:

Old NFO said...

Interesting find!

Aaron said...

Old NFO: Yep I knew it was there in the museum, finding exactly where it was in the museum took a bit of work and wandering around to find it.