Context from Wikipedia: Full link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-nāṣir Ea-nāṣir was a Mesopotamian copper merchant from Ur during the Bronze Age. He was a member of a guild of traders based in Dilmun and was active during the 11th and 19th regnal years of Rim-Sîn I, who ruled Larsa in Sumer. As a vendor of copper ingots originating in Magan, Ea-nāṣir is most recognized for being the addressee of the oldest known written complaint, which was authored around 1750 BC by a customer named Nanni, who expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of the ingots and takes offense at how his servant was treated by Ea-nāṣir during the transaction. According to Nanni's complaint tablet, Ea-nāṣir had agreed to sell some copper ingots to Nanni, but presented Nanni's servant with poor-quality ingots while mistreating and undermining him, and stated the equivalent of "take it or leave it" in a dismissive manner. Enraged, Nanni wrote: Who am I that you are treating in this manner and offend me; (that this could happen between) gentlemen as we (both) are! Who is there amongst the Telmun traders who has (ever) acted against me in this way? — Translation by A. L. Oppenheim, The Seafaring Merchants of Ur (1954) Elsewhere in the tablet, Nanni quotes an excuse Ea-nāṣir used previously: I myself gave on account of you 19 talents of copper to the palace and Sumi-abum gave (likewise) 18 talents of copper, apart from the sealed document which we both handed over to the temple of Shamash. — Translation by A. L. Oppenheim, The Seafaring Merchants of Ur (1954) #ea-nasir #nanni #akkadian #1-star #badcopper
