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?

Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way?

Cuneiform Tablet from Ur with Ancient Customer Complaint

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You alone treat my messenger with contempt!

On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe(?)

How have you treated me for that copper?

Their well-known court system was sanctioned by kings and allowed judges to carry out the law swiftly.