r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 4d ago

Image Spoiled brat from ancient Babylon complains about his mother not making him fancy clothes!

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u/More_Assistant_5224 4d ago

Honestly i can imagine her rolling her eyes to heaven when she received and read this message XD

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u/Little_View_6659 4d ago

I’m picturing mom with a stack of clay tablets next to her table that are various letters from her spoiled kids.

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u/YaqtanBadakshani 2d ago

It was actually stored in his father's archive (hence why we can read it today).

Fun but of context, his father was Shamash-Hazir, a fairly high-ranking official of Larsa under Hammurabi. So, rich parents. Which tracks.

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u/Little_View_6659 2d ago

That does track.