TY - BOOK AU - Stol,Marten AU - Richardson,Mervyn AU - Richardson-Hewitt,Helen TI - Women in the Ancient Near East SN - 9781614512639 AV - HQ1137.I72 .S86 2016eb U1 - 305.40935/5 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Civilization, Ancient KW - Sex role KW - History KW - Women KW - Iraq KW - Babylonia KW - Altorientalistik KW - Ancient Near Eastern Studies KW - Frauen KW - Gender KW - Geschichte KW - Geschlecht KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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 --; Indexes; Open Access UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512639 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781614512639.jpg ER -