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Complaint Tablet To Ea-nāṣir
The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir ( 81) is a clay tablet that was sent to the ancient city-state Ur, written . The tablet, which measures high and wide, documents a transaction in which Ea-nāṣir, a trader, allegedly sold sub-standard copper to a customer named Nanni. Nanni, dissatisfied with the quality, wrote a cuneiform complaint addressing the poor service and mistreatment of his servant. Discovered by Leonard Woolley, Sir Leonard Woolley in Ur, it is currently kept in the British Museum. Written in Akkadian language, Akkadian cuneiform, this tablet is recognized as the "Oldest customer complaint, Customer Complaint" by Guinness World Records. From 2015 onwards, the tablet's content and Ea-nāṣir in particular gained popularity as an internet meme, due to its relatable subject matter in expressing dissatisfaction with goods. Description The tablet is high, wide, thick, and slightly damaged. Content The tablet details that Ea-nāṣir travelled to Dilmun to buy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.Among the national museums in London, sculpture and decorative art, decorative and applied art are in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at Tate Modern. Tate Britain holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the British Library. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum. In 2023, the museum received 5,820,860 visitors, 42% more than the previous y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
