Really Shitty Copper

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A community dedicated to making fun of Ea-Nasir, a Sumerian merchant circa 1750 BC, who sold exceptionally poor quality copper.

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I went to the british museum only to find this (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world

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they moved it to a museum in Abu Dhabi, it won't be back in London until 2027

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[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago

Lemmy Post: Complaint to the British Museum

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 39 points 2 days ago

You went all that way to see the famous tablet, and it's on walkabout. What do they take you for, that they treat with somebody like you with such contempt?

[–] svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

forbidden poptart

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

always have to check and make sure someone makes this comment

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 13 points 2 days ago

A lot of these museums want to give this stuff back but there’s a law from the government saying they’re not allowed to so they often try to return stuff on loan to get around it. Some of the countries don’t want to do this because they think it might imply they accept British ownership of the items in questions is they refuse it.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The older tablet next to it: finally my time to shine!

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Japan has ruined me, never knew the complaint was from nanni

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

I love this post

[–] similideano@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

So maybe that's where all the good copper went to, someone was desperately trying to get into Ningal's good graces