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1 online resource |
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Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world |
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Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world.
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| 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, ... |
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Women -- Middle East -- History -- To 500 -- Sources
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Culture.
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Women -- history
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History, Ancient
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Culture
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culture note.
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15.51 Antiquity.
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Women.
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Vrouwen.
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Levnadsförhållanden -- Mellanöstern -- Mesopotamien -- förhistoria.
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Litteraturvetenskap.
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Mytologi.
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Medicinhistoria.
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Lagar.
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Graviditet -- förlossning -- ritualer.
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Sumererna.
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Hettiterna.
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Living conditions -- Middle East -- Mesopotamia -- prehistory.
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Literary studies.
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Mythology.
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History of medicine.
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Laws.
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Pregnancy -- childbirth -- rituals.
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Sumerians.
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Hittites.
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Living conditions -- Middle East -- Mesopotamia -- prehistory.
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Literary studies.
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Mythology.
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History of medicine.
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Laws.
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Pregnancy -- childbirth -- rituals.
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Sumerians.
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Hittites.
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Women -- Middle East -- History -- To 500 -- Sources.
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Kvinnor -- historia.
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Middle East -- History -- Sources
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Ancient Lands |
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Middle East.
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Alter Orient
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Midden-Oosten.
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Middle East -- History -- Sources.
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Mellanöstern -- historia.
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| Genre/Form |
essays.
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History.
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Sources.
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Geschiedenis (vorm)
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Bronnen (vorm)
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Essays.
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Essais.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954-
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| ISBN |
9781135008253 |
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1135008256 |
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9780203737026 |
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0203737024 |
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9781306051217 |
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1306051215 |
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9781135008246 |
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1135008248 |
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