Can you imagine going to an ancient Assyrian CVS? You’d need a second cart just to take the receipt home!
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Rooty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I love how most examples of ancient writing are not fiction or poetry, but inventories, invoices and business letters.
UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Middle Kingdom Egypt has a number of examples of fiction. If you count the religious texts under fiction there is a lot.
Cuneiform tables are usually palm sized, so big biscuit sized.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 month ago
If you were scammed into buying that copper, you’d write an angry clay brick yourself.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes, but if you were the scammer, would you collect the clay bricks of everybody that complains?
dumbass@piefed.social 1 month ago
If the complaint was funny enough I would.