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ISBN: 9781501518614 Year: 2023 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter,
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The recent years have seen an upswing in studies of women in the ancient Near East and related areas. This volume, which is the result of a Danish-Japanese collaboration, seeks to highlight women as actors within the sphere of the religious. In ancient Mesopotamia and other ancient civilizations, religious beliefs and practices permeated all aspects of society, and for this reason it is not possible to completely dissociate religion from politics, economy, or literature. Thus, the goal is to shift the perspective by highlighting the different ways in which the agency of women can be traced in the historical (and archaeological) record. This perspectival shift can be seen in studies of elite women, who actively contributed to (religious) gift-giving or participated in temple economies, or through showing the limits of elite women?s agency in relation to diplomatic marriages. Additionally, several contributions examine the roles of women as religious officials and the language, worship, or invocation of goddesses. This volume does not aim at completeness but seeks to highlight points for further research and new perspectives.
Women and religion --- Femmes et religion --- Prêtresses --- Déesses --- History
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This book deals with the house of prisoners (bit asiri ) at the city of Uruk during the revolt against king Samsu-iluna of Babylon, Hammurabi's son. The political history of this brief period (ca. 1741-1739 BC) is not widely known and until now there has been no comprehensive treatment of the bit asiri. This book includes autograph copies, transliterations, and translations of 42 unpublished cuneiform tablets from various collections, collations, and detailed tables and catalogues. The analysis comprises some 410 documents dated or attributable to king Rim-Anum, one of the insurgents who attained relative independence as the ruler of Uruk. The study of this corpus reveals details about diplomatic dealings between the central power and rebel rulers, about the functioning of the house of prisoners of war, and about the individuals who participated in different echelons of the local administration. This monograph investigates what kind of organization "the house of prisoners" was, how it worked, how it interacted with other institutions, the composition of its labor force, and state management of captive and enslaved individuals.
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ISBN: 1501503677 1501503693 9781501503696 9781501503726 1501503723 9781501511738 1501511734 1501511734 9781501503672 Year: 2017 Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter,
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This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has been such a driving force.
Sumerians --- Accadians (Sumerians) --- Akkadians (Sumerians) --- Civilization, Sumerian --- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian --- Ethnology --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Mesopotamian Studies. --- Sumerian civilization. --- Sumerian language.
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ISBN: 9781501511738 1501511734 Year: 2017 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter,
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Sumerologists --- Civil, Miguel. --- Sumerians --- Sumerian language --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian --- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. --- History. --- Research --- Languages. --- Iraq --- Languages
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ISBN: 9781501514821 Year: 2023 Publisher: Berlin Boston
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