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Record Nr.

UNISA996201671103316

Autore

Weiershäuser Frauke

Titolo

Die königlichen Frauen der III : Dynastie von Ur / / Frauke Weiershäuser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2008

Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2008

©2008

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Göttinger Beiträge zum Alten Orient, , 1866-2595 ; ; Band 1

Disciplina

305.40956

Soggetti

Women - Middle East - History

Iraq Civilization To 634

Ur (Extinct city) Kings and rulers

Babylonia Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Göttingen, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-315) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

The kings of the III. Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC) were always married with several women at a time, of which only one woman took the position of a queen. Among the large number of economic documents of that period, which give a detailed insight into the state economy and administration, more than 1,000 articles relating to transactions of the royal consorts can be assigned. All women of the rulers of Ur were active in business and administration, they were involved in the cult on several occasions and involved in the complex structures of court life. This work investigates in the sources in which functions and activities the royal women were involved and by which degree the posts of a Queen of Ur were different from that of a concubine. In four discurses the situation of the royal women of the Ur III period is compared with the women of the ruling houses in Ebla and the Early Dynastic Akkade (Akkadezeit).