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Just came back to say thanks for this link. Fairly sure I'm heading down a deep rabbit hole.
Also, ancient humor doesn't seem to have had much subtlety, but some of the ideas are timeless -
"An envious landlord sees how happy his tenants are.
So he evicts them all."
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/538490/worlds-oldest-jokebook