Why "Ea-Nasir"?

Our name pays tribute to history's first documented bad review, written nearly 4,000 years ago.

The World's First Customer Complaint

Around 1750 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia, a copper merchant named Ea-Nasir sold low-quality copper to a customer named Nanni. Nanni was so frustrated that he carved his complaint onto a clay tablet: a formal grievance about receiving "bad copper" and being treated poorly.

The Complaint Tablet to Ea-Nasir, circa 1750 BCE, currently in the British Museum

The original complaint tablet, now in the British Museum. Photo: Wikipedia

What the Tablet Says

"Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message:

When you came, you said to me: 'I will give fine quality copper ingots.' You left then but you did not do what you promised me... What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt?

How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore my money to me in full."

Why This Matters

This tablet survived for nearly 4,000 years. It's now one of the most famous artifacts in the British Museum, not because of great military victories or religious texts, but because one frustrated customer refused to stay silent about bad service.

Ea-Nasir became an internet legend in the 2010s when historians shared translations online. He's now the patron saint of bad Yelp reviews, proof that customers have been calling out shoddy products since the Bronze Age.

Our Connection

We named this site Ea-Nasir.co as a reminder: honest reviews matter. People have been writing them for millennia.

Our mission is the same as Nanni's: to call out substandard products and help you avoid wasting money on "bad copper." We're just doing it for software instead of metal ingots.

Fun Facts About Ea-Nasir

  • Archaeologists found multiple complaint tablets in Ea-Nasir's house, suggesting he was a repeat offender
  • He kept his customer complaints, possibly as a reminder of debts owed or disputes to resolve
  • The tablet is written in Akkadian cuneiform on clay
  • Ea-Nasir lived in the ancient city of Ur (modern-day Iraq)
  • The complaint tablet has its own Wikipedia page and dedicated subreddit

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