The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East

Media type: E-Book; Conference Proceedings

Title: The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East

Contains: Frontmatter -- -- Foreword -- -- Acknowledgements -- -- Contents -- -- Women and Work in the Ancient Near East: An introduction -- -- Weaving, Potting, Churning: Women at work during the Uruk period -- -- Representation of Women in Mesopotamian Lexical Lists -- -- Women and Land in the Presargonic Lagaš Corpus -- -- The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria, 24 -- -- Women and Production in Sargonic Adab -- -- Professional Women and Women at Work in Mesopotamia and Syria (3 -- -- Women at Work and Women in Economy and Society during the Neo-Sumerian Period -- -- The Sex-Based Division of Work versus Intersectionality: Some strategies for engendering the Ur III textile work force -- -- Women Work, Men are Professionals in the Old Assyrian Archives -- -- The Job of Sex: The social and economic role of prostitutes in ancient Mesopotamia -- -- “She is not fit for womanhood”: The Ideal Housewife According to Sumerian Literary Texts -- -- Economic Activities of nadītum-Women of Šamaš Reflected in the Field Sale Contracts (MHET II/1–6) -- -- Cherchez la femme! -- -- Economic Activities of Women According to Mari Texts (18 -- -- Women at Work in Mesopotamia: An attempt at a legal perspective -- -- Sources for the Study of the Role of Women in the Hittite Administration -- -- Work and Gender in Nuzi Society -- -- Women in Economic Agreements: Emarite sale contracts (Syria, 13th century BC) -- -- The kubuddā’u-Gift in the Emar Texts -- -- Women in Elamite Royal Inscriptions: Some observations -- -- Women and their Activities in Divinatory Texts -- -- Studying Gender: A Case study of female administrators in Neo-Assyrian palaces -- -- Historiography on Studies Dedicated to Women and Economy during the Neo-Babylonian Period -- -- Invisible Workers: The role of women in textile production during the 1 -- -- Economic Activities of Women in 1 -- -- Beauty Experts: Female perfume-makers in the 1 -- -- Women and Prebends in Seleucid Uruk -- -- Women and the Economic History of the Ancient Greek World: Still a challenge for gender studies -- -- Index of professions and activities

Contributor: Lion, Brigitte [Editor]; Michel, Cécile [Editor]

Published: Boston; Berlin: De Gruyter, [2016]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 574 Seiten)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781614519089

ISBN: 9781614519089; 9781614519973

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Keywords: Alter Orient > Frau > Arbeitswelt > Gesellschaft > Geschlechterrolle

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Footnote: "The conference on "Women in Work and Society" was the closing event of the REFEMA research program" (foreword)
In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: Economic history is well documented in Assyriology thanks to the good preservation of numerous private and official archives; however, the contribution of women has seldom been addressed. This volume examines the many aspects of women as economic agents, inside and outside of the family structure over the three millennia of Near Eastern history. Papers address issues from historical and archaeological points of view and with a gender perspective.

Women and work in the ancient Near East : an introduction / Brigitte Lion and Cécile Michel -- Weaving, potting, churning : women at work during the Uruk Period : evidence from the cylinder seals / Catherine Breniquet -- Representation of women in Mesopotamian lexical lists / Camille Lecompte -- Women and land in the Presargonic Laga corpus / Fumi Karahashi -- The role of women in work and society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria, 24th century BC) / Maria Giovanna Biga -- Women and production in Sargonic Adab / Massimo Maiocchi -- Professional women and women at work in Mesopotamia and Syria (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC) : the (rare) information from visual images / Adelheid Otto -- Women at work and women in economy and society during the Neo-Sumerian Period / Bertrand Lafont -- The sex-based division of work versus intersectionality : some strategies for engendering the Ur III textile work force / Agnès Garcia-Ventura -- Women work, men are professionals in the Old Assyrian archives / Cécile Michel -- The job of sex : the social and economic role of prostitutes in ancient Mesopotamia / Jerrold S. Cooper -- "She is not fit for womanhood" : the ideal housewife according to Sumerian literary texts / Jana Matuszak -- Economic activities of Naditum-women of "ama" reflected in the field sale contracts (Mhet II/1-6) / Ichiro Nakata -- Cherchez la femme! : the economic role of women in Old Babylonian Sippar / Katrien de Graef -- Economic activities of women according to Mari texts (18th century BC) / Nele Ziegler -- Women at work in Mesopotamia : an attempt at a legal perspective / Sophie Démare-Lafont -- Sources for the study of the role of women in the Hittite administration / Matteo Vigo -- Work and gender in Nuzi society / Brigitte Lion -- Women in economic agreements : Emarite sale contracts (Syria, 13th century BC) / Josué J. Justel -- The kubuddau-gift in the Emar texts / Masamichi Yamada -- Women in Elamite royal inscriptions : some observations / Eiko Matsushima -- Women and their activities in divinatory texts / Virginie Muller -- Studying gender : a case study of female administrators in Neo-Assyrian palaces / Saana Svärd -- Historiography on studies dedicated to women and economy during the Neo-Babylonian period / Francis Joannès -- Invisible workers : the role of women in textile production during the 1st millennium BC / Louise Quillien -- Economic activities of women in 1st millennium Babylonia / Yoko Watai -- Beauty experts : female perfume-makers in the 1st millennium BC / Laura Cousin -- Women and prebends in Seleucid Uruk / Julien Monerie -- Women and the economic history of the ancient Greek world : still a challenge for gender studies / Violaine Sebillotte Cuchet

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