Women at the dawn of history /
In the patriarchal world of ancient Mesopotamia, women were often represented in their relation to men - as mothers, daughters, or wives - giving the impression that a woman's place was in the home. But, as we explore in this volume, they were also authors and scholars, astute business-women, s...
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Language: English
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale Babylonian Collection, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University,
2020.
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Call Number: HQ1137 .I72 W66 2020
| Summary: | In the patriarchal world of ancient Mesopotamia, women were often represented in their relation to men - as mothers, daughters, or wives - giving the impression that a woman's place was in the home. But, as we explore in this volume, they were also authors and scholars, astute business-women, sources of expressions of eroticism, priestesses with access to major gods and goddesses, and regents who exercised power on behalf of kingdoms, states, and empires. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of the exhibition held in the Babylonian Collection in the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University beginning February 29th, 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 111 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-111). |
| ISBN: | 9781734342000 |