What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt!
I love this meme. It is as beautiful and enduring as the copper ingots I once received from the honorable Ea-nāṣir of Ur. Many blessings upon his house.
This one never gets old to me. There's something endearing about seeing people being their assholish selves in an everyday setting from over 3,700 years ago.
If it's true that a man dies twice: once when his body fails, the second when his name is last spoken...
Then I swear this cheeky fucker is going to outlive us all!