Ea-nāṣir

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Ea-nāṣir (fl. c. 1750 BC) was a Mesopotamian copper merchant from Ur during the Bronze Age. He was a member of a guild of traders based in Dilmun, procuring copper ingots originating in Magan, and was active during the 11th and 19th regnal years of Rim-Sîn I, who ruled Larsa in Sumer. Information about Ea-nāṣir is known from surviving cuneiform clay tablets he kept pertaining to his business transactions. He is most recognized for being the addressee of complaints from various dissatisfied customers, the most famous of these being a complaint tablet by a customer named Nanni written around 1750 BC (deemed the "oldest written customer complaint" by Guinness World Records), wherein Nanni expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of the ingots Ea-nāṣir provided, and takes offense at how his servant was treated during the transaction.

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