Curator Mathilde Touillon-Ricci shares her research into the letters of Old Assyrian traders and the sometimes surprising ways in which they get around paying taxes.

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The British Museum takes no responsibility for any attempted, underwear-related, tax avoidance inspired or informed by either this video or the learning of cuneiform via Irving's book.


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