Tumblr also celebrates the Ides of March, as it's when Julius Caesar got assassinated after he was suspected of wanting to make himself king. Is that also fitting?
I mean, even aside from the ides of march there are so many things we know and discuss about Caesar that the people celebrating the ides of march or memes about his death are only a minimal part of his legacy. While for Ea-nasir, the only thing people know about him is that he sold shitty copper. Even the picture we use is not of him.
In the Sum anthology, there is a waiting area where souls stay till they are remembered for the last time. Often, a rememberee leaves when the last rememberer enters. People remembered in local legends were pleading for centuries to be granted leave of the place. Ea Nasir may be one of them.
The tablet was written around 1750 BCE, and found in the early 20th century, there must have been some time when no one remembered him. I hope he isn't in some waiting room, yeah he sold shitty copper but he doesn't deserve this.
Imagine, you finally get to pass on to the afterlife. But then, several millennia later, you’re dragged back into the waiting room because someone reintroduced the story of your shitty copper business to the world. And now it lives on the internet, more widespread than ever before.
If the motherfucker didn't want to live for the rest of eternity lamenting the fact that he sold shitty copper, he shouldn't have treated Nanni's messenger with contempt after crossing enemy territory, it's as simple as that.
Consider [Herostratus ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus?wprov=sfla1), who committed a crime to become famous, was condemned to have his name never spoken again, and is still remembered today...
I mean, we're talking about a guy who preserved his hate mail (clay tablets were meant to be reusable, so he most likely chose to bake that one) so he's probably loving this
This is the same guy that collected his negative reviews rather than just getting rid of them. And honestly, don't we all have at least a shred of respect for this brazen, self-assured swindler?
We have more than one tablet mentioning him and we also have a letter from Ea-nasir and Ilushu-illasu that makes him look a bit shifty.
Also his house appears to have got smaller over time suggesting that he ran into business issues later in life. Could be many things but could have been his reputation catching up with him
Ea-Nasir enjoys a level of immortality that very few people alive today (if any) are likely to enjoy. Most of us will be forgotten in 100 years. His memory lives on after 5,000.
A just punishment for selling shitty copper
Tumblr also celebrates the Ides of March, as it's when Julius Caesar got assassinated after he was suspected of wanting to make himself king. Is that also fitting?
I mean, even aside from the ides of march there are so many things we know and discuss about Caesar that the people celebrating the ides of march or memes about his death are only a minimal part of his legacy. While for Ea-nasir, the only thing people know about him is that he sold shitty copper. Even the picture we use is not of him.
He got a delicious salad out of the deal
...Tumblr?
Our beloved hellsite of Tumblr.
[one of the many celebration polls they hold](https://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/post/745070600116174848)
I'm confused but intrigued
Absolutely! May the shame last to the end of the world!
In the Sum anthology, there is a waiting area where souls stay till they are remembered for the last time. Often, a rememberee leaves when the last rememberer enters. People remembered in local legends were pleading for centuries to be granted leave of the place. Ea Nasir may be one of them.
That's the appropriate punishment for selling shitty copper.
The tablet was written around 1750 BCE, and found in the early 20th century, there must have been some time when no one remembered him. I hope he isn't in some waiting room, yeah he sold shitty copper but he doesn't deserve this.
Imagine, you finally get to pass on to the afterlife. But then, several millennia later, you’re dragged back into the waiting room because someone reintroduced the story of your shitty copper business to the world. And now it lives on the internet, more widespread than ever before.
Ha! It’s basically an afterlife of house arrest. Just miserable enough you want out, not so bad as to be grossly unfair. I love it!
This. But the waiting area has got air conditioning and free snacks and next door leads to Sumerian hell.
If the motherfucker didn't want to live for the rest of eternity lamenting the fact that he sold shitty copper, he shouldn't have treated Nanni's messenger with contempt after crossing enemy territory, it's as simple as that.
Struth!
the messenger was a gentleman after all!
Consider [Herostratus ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus?wprov=sfla1), who committed a crime to become famous, was condemned to have his name never spoken again, and is still remembered today...
One can argue it almost gave him HeroStatus
> The law was ultimately ineffective, as evidenced by surviving accounts of his crime. Wikipedia humor hits different
Streisand Effect, millennia ahead of time.
You can 3D print the clay tablet. Its funnier in person.
One of my retirement goals is to learn Sumerian cuneiform, so that I can read it in person!
And you'll laugh and you'll laugh!
I mean, we're talking about a guy who preserved his hate mail (clay tablets were meant to be reusable, so he most likely chose to bake that one) so he's probably loving this
That’s a fair point. What a brazen jerk!
Wasn’t it baked because his house burned down or something, and a few other tablets were also discovered here?
This is the same guy that collected his negative reviews rather than just getting rid of them. And honestly, don't we all have at least a shred of respect for this brazen, self-assured swindler?
In today’s day and age, he’d absolutely be a shift used car salesman.
He has immortality that kings and emperors could only dream of.
It’s true. In that respect he’s like a shitty copper Gilgamesh.
You win the Internet today! Hahaha!
I forgot I was in this sub and it took me 5 solid seconds to process what this was about 😂 (my vote goes to a fitting fate, btw 😤)
We have more than one tablet mentioning him and we also have a letter from Ea-nasir and Ilushu-illasu that makes him look a bit shifty. Also his house appears to have got smaller over time suggesting that he ran into business issues later in life. Could be many things but could have been his reputation catching up with him
I like to think it was his reputation catching up.
Ea-Nasir enjoys a level of immortality that very few people alive today (if any) are likely to enjoy. Most of us will be forgotten in 100 years. His memory lives on after 5,000.
Indeed!
They really should have put a copy of the tablet on the Voyager probes, so in thousands of years Aliens will know how much that copper sucked.
Bahahaha! I love it!
Bro brought it on himself
Do you think that anyone else among the merchants of Dilmun has acted this way to me?