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Title Women in the ancient Near East : a sourcebook / edited by Mark W. Chavalas
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis ; London : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world
Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world.
Contents An exploration of the world of women in third-millennium Mesopotamia / Harriet Crawford -- The feminine in myths and epic / Alhena Gadotti -- Sumerian wisdom literature / Alhena Gadotti -- Akkadian wisdom literature / Karen Nemet-Nejat -- Medicine and healing magic / Joann Scurlock -- Women and law / Martha T. Roth -- The Epic of Gilgamesh / Karen Nemet-Nejat -- The descent of Ishtar to the netherworld compared to Nergal Ereshkigal / Karen Nemet-Nejat -- Akkadian texts : women in letters, old Assyrian Kanis̆ / Cécile Michel -- Akkadian texts : women in letters, the neo-Assyrian period / Sarah C. Melville -- Women in neo-Assyrian texts / Sarah C. Melville -- Women in neo-Assyrian inscriptions / Karen Nemet-Nejet -- Women in Hittite ritual / Billie Jean Collins -- Hurro-Hittite stories and Hittite pregnancy and birth rituals / Mary Bachvarova
Summary "Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources that further our understanding of women from Mesopotamian and Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts in the third millennium bc to the to the end of Mesopotamian political autonomy in the sixth century bc. This book is a valuable resource for historians of the Near East and for those studying women in the ancient world. It moves beyond simply identifying women in the Near East to attempting to place them in historical and literary context, following the latest research. A number of literary genres are represented, including myths and epics, proverbs, medical texts, law collections, letters, treaties, as well as building, dedicatory, and funerary inscriptions."-- Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record. Print record is xii, 319 pages
SUBJECT Börngen, ... gnd
Subject Women -- Middle East -- History -- To 500 -- Sources
Culture.
Women -- history
History, Ancient
Culture
culture note.
culture (concept)
15.51 Antiquity.
Culture
Women
Vrouwen.
Levnadsförhållanden -- Mellanöstern -- Mesopotamien -- förhistoria.
Litteraturvetenskap.
Mytologi.
Medicinhistoria.
Lagar.
Graviditet -- förlossning -- ritualer.
Sumererna.
Hettiterna.
Living conditions -- Middle East -- Mesopotamia -- prehistory.
Literary studies.
Mythology.
History of medicine.
Laws.
Pregnancy -- childbirth -- rituals.
Sumerians.
Hittites.
Living conditions -- Middle East -- Mesopotamia -- prehistory.
Literary studies.
Mythology.
History of medicine.
Laws.
Pregnancy -- childbirth -- rituals.
Sumerians.
Hittites.
Women -- Middle East -- History -- To 500 -- Sources.
Kvinnor -- historia.
SUBJECT Middle East -- History -- Sources
Ancient Lands
Subject Middle East
Alter Orient
Midden-Oosten.
Middle East -- History -- Sources.
Mellanöstern -- historia.
Genre/Form Electronic books
essays.
Essays
History
Sources
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Bronnen (vorm)
Essays.
Essais.
Form Electronic book
Author Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954-
ISBN 9781135008253
1135008256
9780203737026
0203737024
9781306051217
1306051215
9781135008246
1135008248