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The cuneiform we see is mostly accounting and short snippets to glorify the ruler of the day. So, basically, W2 forms and Trump tweets.
by scarmig 6y ago
The cuneiform we see is mostly accounting and short snippets to glorify the ruler of the day. So, basically, W2 forms and Trump tweets.
- dghughes 6y agoMost cuneiform is an inventory of stuff like amount of wheat and who owes who how much.
- crooked-v 6y agoMost surviving cuneiform is that kind of thing. Various incidental items, though, like the complaint letters sent to Ea-Nasir [1], suggest that casual discourse was far from unknown and may just have usually been done with un-fired clay that wouldn't have lasted for long periods. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir