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Ah, I thought it was to complain about bad purchases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet

• throwaway202303 3y ago
  That’s pretty hilarious. Although without looking it up I would bet the first use of writing would have been ownership documents and transactions
  • tialaramex 3y ago
    The earliest documents we have are lists, but I think it's hard to tell whether you're looking at a shopping list, an inventory, or what. Early scripts tend to be logographic for this reason, if you mostly write stuff like "Ten Amphoras of wine" then a symbol which means "Amphora of wine" seems pretty much as useful as a way to write numbers.
• nborwankar 3y ago
  “It is currently kept in the British Museum” aka Museum of Stolen Goods ;-)