Introduction Mark W. Chavalas
1. An exploration of the world of women in third-millenium Mesopotamia Harriet Crawford
2. The feminine in myths and epic Alhena Gadotti
3. Sumerian wisdom literature Alhena Gadotti
4. Akkadian wisdom literature Karen Nemet-Nejat
5. Medicine and healing magic JoAnn Scurlock
6. Women and law Martha T. Roth
7. The Epic of Gilgamesh Karen Nemet-Nejat
8. The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld compared to Nergal and Ereshkigal Karen Nemet-Nejat
9a. Akkadian texts - Women in letters: Old Assyrian Kaniš Cécile Michel
9b. Akkadian texts - Women in letters: The Neo-Assyrian period Sarah C. Melville
10a. Women in Neo-Assyrian texts Sarah C. Melville
10b. Women in Neo-Assyrian inscriptions Karen Nemet-Nejat
11. Women in Hittite ritual Billie Jean Collins
12. Hurro-Hittite storie and Hittite pregnancy and birth rituals Mary Bachvarova
Index
Biography
Mark Chavalas is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he has taught since 1989. Among his publications are the edited, Emar: The History, Religion, and Culture of a Syrian Town in the Late Bronze Age (1996), Mesopotamia and the Bible (2002), and The Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation (2006), and he has had research fellowships at Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Cal-Berkeley, and a number of other universities. He has nine seasons of excavation at various Bronze Age sites in Syria, including Tell Ashara/Terqa and Tell Mozan/Urkesh.
"The worthwhile chapters are indeed worthwhile, and the book will prove a useful resource to those interested in the lives of real women in Mesopotamia and ancient Anatolia."
—Stephanie Lynn Budin, Collingswood, NJ
