Women in antiquity: real women across the ancient world
Women in Antiquity- Front Cover -- Women in Antiquity -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Maps -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- General introduction -- Chronological designations -- Note -- PART I: Mesopotamia -- Chronolog...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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London
Taylor and Francis
2016
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| Series: | Rewriting antiquity
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4644200 Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz476802199inh.htm 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Stephanie Lynn Budin and Jean MacIntosh Turfa |
| Summary: | Women in Antiquity- Front Cover -- Women in Antiquity -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Maps -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- General introduction -- Chronological designations -- Note -- PART I: Mesopotamia -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 1: Female sexuality in Mesopotamia -- Sources -- Terminology -- Sexual desire -- Types of sex -- Helping the menfolk get it up -- Sex and the law -- The Ḫarimtu question -- The erotic Ḫarimtu -- The practical Ḫarimtu -- Notes -- References Chapter 2: Being mothers or acting (like) mothers? Constructing motherhood in ancient Mesopotamia -- How to define motherhood in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Acting (like) mothers: motherhood and care -- Legal aspects of maternity, breastfeeding, and nursing -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Images of queens, high priestesses, and other elite women in third-millennium Mesopotamia -- Early Mesopotamia, women, and images -- Banquet scenes -- Libation scenes -- Presentation scenes -- Audience scenes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References Chapter 4: Women's power and work in Ancient Urkesh -- Introduction: the uniqueness of Urkesh glyptics -- Representations of women in Urkesh from cultic settings -- Images of active, working women -- Zamena, the wet-nurse of Uqnitum -- Tuli, the cook of Uqnitum -- Tar'am-Agade, daughter of Naram-Sin -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Mesopotamian women's cultic roles in late 3rd-early 2nd millennia bce -- Introduction -- The historical background -- Women and religion -- Women as mourners -- Women and magic -- Women and the cult -- Notes -- References Chapter 6: Women, gender and law at the dawn of history: the evidence of the cuneiform sources -- The sources -- What was the legal capacity of Ancient Near Eastern women? -- Women and marriage -- Economic agreements -- Court cases -- Women and slavery -- Women and inheritance practices -- Legal gender shift -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Businesswomen and their seals in early Mesopotamia -- Introduction -- Seals as identifiers -- Women in business -- Palace control -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: The female tavern-keeper in Mesopotamia: some aspects of daily life Attestations and sources -- Beer brewing -- Commerce in beer and its related products -- The status of the tapstress and her establishment -- A shady reputation -- Relative independence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Neo-Assyrian elite women -- Neo-Assyrian women in the textual sources -- Neo-Assyrian queens -- Elite women in administration -- Who were the sekretū? -- Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: Patterns of violence against women in the Iron Age town of Hasanlu, Solduz Valley, Iran -- Introduction -- Background Sex determination |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781317219910 |