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Is it too long? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:35, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to link to a copy of Letters From Mesopotamia. It is available for download here and here. Why isn't it copyrighted? If it is, how can it be available for free download like that? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:58, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
There has to be a better name for this article. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 12:13, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
This would be very useful to the astute reader. -- FUZxxl ( talk) 07:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
I included the translation from an existing reference ( https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/4000-year-old-ancient-babylonian-tablet-oldest-complaint-020313). -- Hcovitz ( talk) 22:14, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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Most of the article and its title refer to Ea-nasir; however, he is referred to as Ea-Nasir twice. Is the latter spelling supported anywhere? 98.117.194.87 ( talk) 15:30, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
I've removed the translation section; the source (Oppenheim) is still under copyright and after talking with a couple other editors I don't think using the translation of the entire tablet meets WP:NFCC#3b for fair use. Unfortunate that we can't include a translation, but in my opinion using the entire translation of the tablet is too much. If anyone has access to the Leemans source and can verify that its copyright wasn't renewed, that translation should be PD (looking into the copyright status now). I've moved links to the two translations mentioned in the article (Oppenheim and Leemans) to the external links section. Happy to discuss here if someone objects to the removal. GeneralNotability ( talk) 23:59, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
@ Findoslice: - hear anything back yet? -- Ineffablebookkeeper ( talk) 17:31, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
I know this may seem a bit trivial, but at this point I feel like more people know about this from the popular Ea-nasir memes than for any other reason [1], and while Wikipedia is not KnowYourMeme, it might be worthwhile to create a section on references in popular culture to point this out, or even just add a brief sentence in the introductory paragraph mentioning it, with a relevant citation (such as to KnowYourMeme) [2]. Anomaly17 ( talk) 21:47, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
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Delightfully, Ea-Nasir, the Sumerian merchant who saved the complaint tablets he received about his deliveries of sub-standard copper, has become a recurring Internet meme.from this Boston Review article: Kern, Emily (November 3, 2021). "The Radical Promise of Human History". Boston Review. Umimmak ( talk) 01:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Just as an overall question: was there any money in the Bronze age? The article said the "money" was sent but he didn't receive the copper. What money was there in the Bronze age? From what I know they didn't quite have it as such yet.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.85.192.118 ( talk) 10:30, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
In the article it says Nanni "had paid the money for it". However, this is inaccurate as money wasn't invented until a thousand years later, so whatever he was paid in, it wasn't money. 187.190.224.152 ( talk) 19:39, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
The high resolution picture currently used, shows the Tablet displayed upside down. seems to have been an error by the museum, which they have since corrected. I‘d revert the change to the previous picture or label it appropriately. Eg: „Displayed upside down by BM“ 213.147.166.224 ( talk) 09:29, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
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Is it too long? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:35, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to link to a copy of Letters From Mesopotamia. It is available for download here and here. Why isn't it copyrighted? If it is, how can it be available for free download like that? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:58, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
There has to be a better name for this article. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 12:13, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
This would be very useful to the astute reader. -- FUZxxl ( talk) 07:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
I included the translation from an existing reference ( https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/4000-year-old-ancient-babylonian-tablet-oldest-complaint-020313). -- Hcovitz ( talk) 22:14, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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Most of the article and its title refer to Ea-nasir; however, he is referred to as Ea-Nasir twice. Is the latter spelling supported anywhere? 98.117.194.87 ( talk) 15:30, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
I've removed the translation section; the source (Oppenheim) is still under copyright and after talking with a couple other editors I don't think using the translation of the entire tablet meets WP:NFCC#3b for fair use. Unfortunate that we can't include a translation, but in my opinion using the entire translation of the tablet is too much. If anyone has access to the Leemans source and can verify that its copyright wasn't renewed, that translation should be PD (looking into the copyright status now). I've moved links to the two translations mentioned in the article (Oppenheim and Leemans) to the external links section. Happy to discuss here if someone objects to the removal. GeneralNotability ( talk) 23:59, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
@ Findoslice: - hear anything back yet? -- Ineffablebookkeeper ( talk) 17:31, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
I know this may seem a bit trivial, but at this point I feel like more people know about this from the popular Ea-nasir memes than for any other reason [1], and while Wikipedia is not KnowYourMeme, it might be worthwhile to create a section on references in popular culture to point this out, or even just add a brief sentence in the introductory paragraph mentioning it, with a relevant citation (such as to KnowYourMeme) [2]. Anomaly17 ( talk) 21:47, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
References
Delightfully, Ea-Nasir, the Sumerian merchant who saved the complaint tablets he received about his deliveries of sub-standard copper, has become a recurring Internet meme.from this Boston Review article: Kern, Emily (November 3, 2021). "The Radical Promise of Human History". Boston Review. Umimmak ( talk) 01:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Just as an overall question: was there any money in the Bronze age? The article said the "money" was sent but he didn't receive the copper. What money was there in the Bronze age? From what I know they didn't quite have it as such yet.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.85.192.118 ( talk) 10:30, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
In the article it says Nanni "had paid the money for it". However, this is inaccurate as money wasn't invented until a thousand years later, so whatever he was paid in, it wasn't money. 187.190.224.152 ( talk) 19:39, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
The high resolution picture currently used, shows the Tablet displayed upside down. seems to have been an error by the museum, which they have since corrected. I‘d revert the change to the previous picture or label it appropriately. Eg: „Displayed upside down by BM“ 213.147.166.224 ( talk) 09:29, 6 May 2024 (UTC)