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> We cherish tablets about copper orders from times far past because somehow it's now more valuable. There were three discovered tablets and that was one of th
by akira2501 2y ago
> We cherish tablets about copper orders from times far past because somehow it's now more valuable.
There were three discovered tablets and that was one of them. They were discovered in 1920 but only widely known about 100 years later. They're notable because they're described as the oldest found written complaint. They're mildly useful because they describe specific details of the commerce being conducted at the time, which comports well with other contemporary sources of the same information.
This particular artifact was written in 1750 BC. Our oldest writings extend back to 3400 BC. They're not particularly "cherished" but they are a widely known "meme" thanks to the Guinness Book of World Records.