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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir
Yeah I read that. It doesn't go into the purpose and intent of what the tablet functionally was for in society. Writing someone a letter of complaint does not seem like a very useful thing to do or worth the effort of a scribe and firing a tablet. This had to have some real reason for creation like a legal court case type of affair.
@PugJesus@lemmy.world to the rescue
Not this time, I'm afraid! My knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia is pretty shallow, though the legal case idea sounds plausible.