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Ea-nāṣir, earliest known shyster.
The content of the tablets is entertaining. I didn't know there was more than one. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/05/11/meet-the-worst-businessman-of-the-18th-century/
One from Arbituram:
And another from Arbituram:
Two other people start writing, asking that he give copper to Nigga-Nanna:
Another person, possibly a business partner, gives instructions to Ea-nāṣir:
And of course:
Apparently Ea-nāṣir started having money problems later, and had to stop selling copper. I don't know if Forbes is just making things up, but that's what they said.
Is it your instance or my instance doing the censoring here? Scunthorpe effect at work.
Must be on your end. There's nothing censored over here.
It’s not me. It’s kind of an understandable Scunthorpe, though.