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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Contributors: Budin, Stephanie Lynn 1969- (Editor) ; Turfa, Jean MacIntosh 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: London New York Routledge 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Women in antiquity : real women across the ancient world] (2020) (Fried, Lisbeth S., 1943 -)
Series/Journal:Rewriting antiquity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Woman / History
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Antiquity
B History
B Woman
B Antiquity Motif
B Culture
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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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
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 1074 Seiten), Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781317219910
9781138808362