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the unfortunate reality of translating cuneiform (lemmy.ml)

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They also invented selling subpar copper, which led to the invention of writing to customer service about said subpar copper.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The Sumerians had fine metallurgy! Don't let one guy set their reputation. One admittedly very silly guy but nevertheless

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They must have, otherwise that person wouldn't be so angry to have received the inferior stuff! They expected much better.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 20 hours ago

Strictly speaking, and to take a joke way too seriously, the shitty copper actually wasn't even from Mesopotamia. Ea-Nasir was part of a guild that imported stuff from Dilmun, which was centred on modern day Bahrain. Ea-Nasir was basically running bronze age Temu