A 3,800-year-old woman once wrote a frustrated letter to her husband complaining about a debtor who refused to repay him; archaeologists have now read the ancient message without breaking its clay envelope
- Helmholz)The struggle to recover money someone owes you is familiar, even if the person on the other end of the transaction lived thousands of years ago.
- Imagine the disappointment of a woman instructed by her husband to retrieve silver he was owed, who, upon failure, penned her frustration in a letter addressed to him.
- For Anna-anna, who lived nearly 4,000 years ago in ancient Anatolia, this was precisely what happened.
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- Helmholz)The struggle to recover money someone owes you is familiar, even if the person on the other end of the transaction lived thousands of years ago.
- Imagine the disappointment of a woman instructed by her husband to retrieve silver he was owed, who, upon failure, penned her frustration in a letter addressed to him.
- For Anna-anna, who lived nearly 4,000 years ago in ancient Anatolia, this was precisely what happened.
Sources: Times of India