Ea-nāṣir () was a copper merchant who lived in Ur during the mid-18th century BCE. He was a member of the Alik Tilmun, a

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, and was active during the 11th and 19th regnal years of the

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ruler

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. He is most well-known for being the subject of a customer complaint written against him by Nanni in 1750 BCE.

Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir

Ea-nāṣir is most well-known for a customer complaint written by Nanni in 1750 BCE. According to the complaint, Ea-nāṣir had agreed to sell some copper ingots to Nanni, after which he presented Nanni's servant with poor-quality ingots while mistreating and undermining him, and stated the Old-Babylonian equivalent of "take it or leave it". Enraged, Nanni wrote: In response, Ea-nāṣir wrote:

Other tablets

Other tablets have been found in the ruins believed to be Ea-nāṣir's dwelling. These include a letter from a man named Arbituram who complained he had not received his copper yet, while another tablet said that he was tired of receiving bad copper.Leemans, W. F. (1960). "Ur: Time of Rim-Sin". ''Foreign Trade in the Old Babylonian Period as Revealed by Texts from Southern Mesopotamia''. Studia et Documenta ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia. Vol. 6. Leiden:

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. pp. 36–55.

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