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This recently also had a post on the AskHistorians subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/tbgetc/this_bar_joke_from_ancient_sumer_has_been_

• blamazon 5y ago
  From the linked set of proverbs: [1] "81-82. (cf. 6.2.3: UET 6/2 225) The dog understands "Take it!", but it does not understand Put it down!" This is ancient form of the modern "No take, only throw" meme! [2] [1]: https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p77 https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p... [2]: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/433/498/10e.png https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/433/498/10e...