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Women of Assur and Kanesh : texts from the archives of Assyrian merchants
- Title
- Women of Assur and Kanesh : texts from the archives of Assyrian merchants / by Cécile Michel.
- Author
- Michel, Cécile
- Publication
- Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xxix, 569 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this collection Cécile Michel transliterates, translates into English, and provides commentary for more that 300 texts found at Kültepe (ancient Kaneš) in Central Anatolia. These letters and legal documents reveal the ancient world of the wives and daughters of merchants and to their activities in nineteenth century BCE Aššur and Kaneš"--
- Series Statement
- Writings from the ancient world ; number 42
- Uniform Title
- Writings from the ancient world ; no. 42.
- Subject
- Women > Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
- Sex role > Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
- Women > Turkey > Kanesh (Extinct city)
- Sex role > Turkey > Kanesh (Extinct city)
- Assyrian women > Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
- Merchants > Turkey > Kanesh (Extinct city) > Archives
- Assyrian women
- Merchants
- Sex role
- Women
- Ashur (Extinct city) > History > Sources
- Kanesh (Extinct city) > History > Sources
- Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
- Turkey > Kanesh (Extinct city)
- Genre/Form
- Archives.
- History.
- Sources.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-530) and indexes.
- Contents
- Marriage and Divorce -- Women and Family -- Housewives -- Businesswomen -- Religion and Social Mores -- Portraits of Assyrian and Anatolian Women.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-4527
- ISBN
- 9780884144557
- 0884144550
- 9781628372823
- 1628372826
- LCCN
- 2020012833
- OCLC
- 1150797182
- Author
- Michel, Cécile, author, translator.
- Title
- Women of Assur and Kanesh : texts from the archives of Assyrian merchants / by Cécile Michel.
- Publisher
- Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Writings from the ancient world ; number 42Writings from the ancient world ; no. 42.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-530) and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Michel, Cécile. Women of Assur and Kanesh Atlanta : SBL Press, 2020. 9780884144564 (DLC) 2020012834
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-4527