Mrs. Tsenhor : a female entrepreneur in ancient Egypt / Koenraad Donker van Heel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donker van Heel, K. (Koenraad), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tsenhor, approximately 550 B.C.-.

Tsenhor.

Businessmen--Egypt--History--Sources.

Businessmen.

Business enterprises--Egypt--History--Sources.

Business enterprises.

Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Tsenhor was born about 550 bce in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Cambyses II, Darius I and perhaps even Psamtik IV. By carefully retracing the events of her life as they are recorded in papyri now kept in museums in London, Paris, Turin, and Vienna, the author creates the image of a proud and independent businesswoman who made her own decisions in life. If Tsenhor were alive today she would be wearing jeans, drive a pick-up, and enjoy a beer with the boys. She clearly was her own boss, and one assumes tha

Contents:

9789774166341; 9789774166341; Inside Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; The Tsenhor Papyri; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; People; Earth and Water; Love and Death; Slave; Bricks; Cattle; Love and Death; Earth and Water; Notes; Indexes

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617975875

1617975877

9789774166778

9774166779

9781617975691

1617975699

9781617975776

161797577X

OCLC:

900885094