Mrs. Tsenhor : a Female Entrepreneur in Ancient Egypt /
"From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of whic...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. People
- The Family
- 2. Earth and Water: Nesmin, 556 BCE
- How Tsenhor Got Her Name
- 3. Love and Death: Psenese, Tsenhor, Ruru, and Peteamunhotep, 530
- 517 BCE
- Dividing an Inheritance
- A Pregnant Widow
- The Proud Father
- A Very Fortunate Baby Daughter
- 4. Slave: Tsenhor, 517 BCE
- Two Owners within a Month
- A Profitable Start to the New Year
- 5. Bricks: Tsenhor, Psenese, and Nesamunhotep, 512
- 506 BCE
- The Tomb of Osorkon
- Expanding the Family Business
- Dividing Dad's House
- 6. Cattle: Burekhef and Ituru, 507
- 487 BCE
- Was There a Rent-a-Cow in Thebes?
- A Cow Branded with the Milk Can
- 7. Love and Death: Tsenhor, Psenese, Ituru, and Ruru, 498
- 494 BCE
- Psenese Becomes Ill
- Closing the Account
- 8. Earth and Water: Tsenhor, Ruru, and Nesamunhotep, 497
- 491 BCE
- Ruru Takes Over
- The Bread of the Choachyte.