03493 am 22006973u 450 99630884070331620200520144314.01-5015-0021-X10.1515/9781614512639(CKB)3710000000824686(MiAaPQ)EBC4644580(OCoLC)957696695(DE-B1597)206664(OCoLC)958053208(DE-B1597)9781614512639(Au-PeEL)EBL4644580(CaPaEBR)ebr11247828(OCoLC)958551778(ScCtBLL)76c87706-3a38-41eb-845d-ec7c4ba33761(EXLCZ)99371000000082468620160902h20162016 uy 0engurcn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWomen in the Ancient Near East /Marten Stol ; translated by Helen and Mervyn RichardsonBoston, [Massachusetts] ;Berlin, [Germany] :De Gruyter,2016.©20161 online resource (x, 696 pages) illustrations, mapOpen Access e-BooksKnowledge UnlatchedTranslated from the Dutch.1-61451-323-6 1-61451-263-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Map -- 1. Her outward appearance -- 2. Marriage -- 3. The marriage gifts -- 4. The family -- 5. A second wife -- 6. Concubines -- 7. Marriage between equals -- 8. Marriage to a slave -- 9. Divorce -- 10. Adultery -- 11. Rape -- 12. Incest -- 13. The widow -- 14. Levirate marriage -- 15. Women's rights of inheritance -- 16. Women-trafficking under the guise of adoption -- 17. Women robbed of their freedom -- 18. Women and work -- 19. The witch -- 20. Prostitution -- 21. Temple prostitution -- 22. Her physical life -- 23. The court and the harem before 1500 BC -- 24. The court and the harem after 1500 BC -- 25. Priestesses -- 26. Old Babylonian convents -- 27. Married holy women -- 28. Soothsaying -- 29. Women and worship -- 30. The Sacred Marriage -- 31. The Middle Assyrian law-book about women -- 32. The value placed on women -- Bibliography -- IndexesWomen in the Ancient Near East offers a lucid account of the daily life of women in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE until the beginning of the Hellenistic period. The book systematically presents the lives of women emerging from the available cuneiform material and discusses modern scholarly opinion. Stol’s book is the first full-scale treatment of the history of women in the Ancient Near East.WomenIraqBabyloniaCivilization, AncientSex roleHistoryIraqHistoryTo 634Electronic books.Ancient Near Eastern Studies.Gender.History.WomenCivilization, Ancient.Sex roleHistory.305.40935/5NW 8100rvkStol Marten638747Richardson HelenRichardson M. E. J(Mervyn Edwin John),1943-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996308840703316Women in the Ancient Near East1940951UNISA