#copper merchants

[typhlonectes]

[mostlymadbrewing]

I don't know how I didn't pull this joke from Tumblr but y'all need to see it.

[heyknitebrite]

if ea nasir has a million fans, then i'm one of them if ea nasir has one fan, then i'm that fan if ea nasir has no fans, that means i'm dead bless this man who sucked at his job (i will keep drawing niche history memes until i cark it)

[beardedmrbean]

[ennas-aesthetic]

He looks like he'd keep your complaint tablets for decoration of that one time he sold you bad copper ingots.

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Top 10 stickers that are impossible to explain when you open them in front of family members who don't use tumblr.

[enbycrip]

My mate: “Given how much this meme has popped up in my friends circle, I am beginning to wonder whether the parallel to "How often do men think of the Roman Empire" is "How often do queer people think of Ea-nāṣir and his substandard shipment of copper".

Well-played, sir. Well-played.

[neoclassicalblobphilosopher]

Rip ea nasir u would've loved committing fraud on ebay

[galleryofart]

Death and the Merchant

Artist: Frans Francken the Younger (Flemish, 1581–1642)

Date: 17th Century

Medium: Oil on Copper

Collection: Private Collection

Description

The old man rests his foot on a stool, perhaps as a relief from gout, the disease of the wealthy and self indulgent which affected the toes, and he points to it in awareness that death and disease will inevitably catch up with him. The skeleton, in mocking imitation, rests its own foot on an hourglass, a common symbol of the transience and the sands of life running out. He spots an embroidered purse at his waist containing an object hard to decipher but maybe a shovel for scooping up the money that will be of little avail to the man once he is dead. In the background another skeleton confronts a much younger man, perhaps the older man’s son, who through his father's wealth and judging by his sword has elevated himself to the gentry class. He may be in a position to dissipate his father's riches, but death always lies in wait.

[ickaimp]

My dear friend @arinrowan sent me this card that is a translation of the infamous Ea-Nasir copper complaint letter.

The post office ate the corner.

So obviously it needed to be framed. There’s two different copper background, glitter and shiny, and I painted the frame copper. Badly, of course. 😂

[caesarsaladinn]

none of my byzantium posts get any traction. it’s always the boring ass relatable stuff that goes viral. but I will change that. I will make some detail of Byzantium an Ea-Nasir-level pointless historical meme. all shall give an ingroup chuckle at the name of, idk, Empress Irene!

[glitter-stained]

Picture this: it's a cold, gloomy night. Rain is pouring and hammering against the windows of a cheap, dimlit motel, water cascading through the roof and dripping from a hole in the ceiling. In comes in a silhouette in a hoodie. They ask for a room and are gone as soon as they have the keys. The tenant checks the cash they payed with, only to realise it was all in shitty copper coins. With a sigh, he writes a complaint in the register book, but doesn't follow the stranger to their room: it's cold, and he is exhausted. He'll deal with it by morning, he decides. In the morning, ea nasir is long gone.

[laejoh]

[dekastelein]

Was someone going to tell me that the retake of the national high school history exam in 2023 included the complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir??? Or was I supposed to find out myself which I just did?? This is the whole complaint in Dutch, including a question on how this shows that Ur was an early urban society.

[goodbye432]

Imagine it being 2k years later and ppl r still talking abt your family drama

[triangleofdog]

Iykyk