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Women in Mesopotamia

Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient38 (2)Published In 1995 • Pages: 123-144

By: Stol, Marten.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article on women in Mesopotamian society spanning nearly three millennia and multiple cultural periods, the author covers such subjects as marriage, polygamy, divorce, adultery, widowhood, inheritance, and work.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Inheritance
Gender status
Classes
Slavery
Marriage
Polygamy
Chief executive
Executive household
Sex and marital offenses
Gender roles and issues
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Babylonians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Linguist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2018
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
3000–539 BC
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Iraq, eastern Syria
NotesAdditional notes
By M. Stol
Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-144)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sn 80008488
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Babylonia