{"id":"complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir","name":"Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir","summary":"The Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir is a Babylonian clay tablet from around 1750 BC in which a customer named Nanni chews out a merchant named Ea-nasir for selling him bad copper. The British Museum artifact crossed over into meme territory in 2015 after a Reddit snapshot of the display plaque jumped to Tumblr the same day, kicking off nearly a decade of jokes treating Ea-nasir as history's first scam seller.","tags":["complaint tablet to ea-nasir","ea-nasir meme","nanni tablet","babylonian complaint","british museum meme","worst businessman","1750 bc problems"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":8,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-british-museum-tablet-display.webp","caption":"The complaint tablet to Ea-nasir on display at the British Museum, labeled as a complaint about the delivery of the wrong grade of copper from around 1750 BC.","width":1200,"height":675,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-closeup-complaint-tablet-placard.webp","caption":"A close-up view of the complaint tablet to Ea-nasir on display, highlighting the museum's explanatory placard.","width":540,"height":746,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-tumblr-ea-nasir-thread.webp","caption":"A Tumblr thread that helped popularize the Ea-nasir meme, with users marveling that history remembers Ea-nasir specifically for being a dishonest copper merchant.","width":536,"height":496,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-me-friend-copper-ingots-meme.webp","caption":"A text-exchange format meme reimagining the Ea-nasir copper dispute as a modern conversation, paired with the 'angry running girl' reaction.","width":500,"height":434,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-tumblr-sumerian-tax-thread.webp","caption":"A Tumblr thread riffing on Sumerian tax tablets and sarcastically vouching for Ea-nasir's 'reputable' copper ingots.","width":640,"height":780,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-four-quadrant-tablet-quotes.webp","caption":"A four-quadrant meme compiling famous passages from Nanni's complaint tablet to Ea-nasir.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-virgin-nanni-chad-ea-nasir.webp","caption":"A 'Virgin vs. Chad' meme casting Nanni as the hapless customer and Ea-nasir as the smug, unapologetic copper merchant.","width":680,"height":1389,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir-social-00.webp","caption":"Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir","width":554,"height":852,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir/history.md","related":["inaccessible-foyer-landing","is-this-a-pigeon","we-can-do-it","safety-not-guaranteed","useless-box","arizona-iced-tea","the-s-doodle","kilroy-was-here","comic-strips","gadsden-flag-don-t-tread-on-me","popeye-the-sailor-man","super-s-stussy"],"popularityRank":1899,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}