Angry Letters in Ancient Egypt

[minoanmiss]

https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-fight-with-friends-in-ancient-egypt/

ahahahahahah people have always been people

Comments

[lilysea]

Thank you for sharing this! ^_^

[marcelo]

I'm not sure if it's an artifact of the translation, but the passive-aggressive tone comes across as completely contemporary. I wonder if it's part of the universal human vocabulary.

[anna_wing]

It's like all those complaints in cuneiform about how the young these days are badly-dressed, immodest, irreligious and do not respect their elders....

[minoanmiss]

When I was 16 or so I found one of those letters in a book about the Ancient Near East. I photocopied it, sent one copy to my parents, and pasted the other inside my day planner. :)

[lunabee34]

Those are wonderful! Thanks for linking.