Fates of women at Elephantine in the 5th century BC.
Harmattan| N° d'inventaire | 19304 |
| Format | 15.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 414 p., paperback |
| Publication | Condé-sur-Noireau, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782343049137 |
During the 7th century BC, Judean mercenaries, accompanied by their families, settled on the island of Elephantine, the southern border of ancient Pharaonic Egypt, in the service of the Pharaoh. They have passed on to us three sets of archives and ostraca, an exceptional deposit through which silhouettes of women are sketched. Family chronicles emerge around these personalities, who come to life before the amazed reader. They belong as much to their personal memory as to the general history of the Near East, and the image of a capable and independent Judean woman shines forth, a symbol of modernity from the middle of the first millennium BC.
During the 7th century BC, Judean mercenaries, accompanied by their families, settled on the island of Elephantine, the southern border of ancient Pharaonic Egypt, in the service of the Pharaoh. They have passed on to us three sets of archives and ostraca, an exceptional deposit through which silhouettes of women are sketched. Family chronicles emerge around these personalities, who come to life before the amazed reader. They belong as much to their personal memory as to the general history of the Near East, and the image of a capable and independent Judean woman shines forth, a symbol of modernity from the middle of the first millennium BC.