When you think about it, it is really remarkable how many people on the Internet know of a Bronze Age copper merchant and his customer.
I can think of lots of researchers who'd be overjoyed if something they studied ended up becoming a well-regarded meme.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir
@ml I'd love Merer to become a meme, but he's less entertaining than Ea-nasir. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_Merer
His diary is basically "Inspector Merer spent the day with his team hauling stones" over and over again, which I guess makes him an early example of a middle manager doing a corporate job.
(I also like to think that he's the oldest project manager we know by name).
Diary of Merer