Women of the Empire : Life and Labor in the Achaemenid Persepolis Archives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Safaee, Yazdan.

Series:

Ancient Iran Series

Ancient Iran Series ; v.20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural conditions.

Chronology, Iranian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This book investigates the status and roles of women in the Achaemenid Empire through the Persepolis archives, analyzing their presence in both royal and non-royal contexts and highlighting their participation in labor, administration, and the imperial economy.

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Acknowledgments

‎Figures and Tables

‎Map

‎Abbreviations

‎Chapter 1. Introduction

‎1. Research Framing: Methodological Approach and Scope of Inquiry

‎2. Literature Review

‎3. The Problem of Gender and Its Relevance to This Study

‎4. Structure of the Present Study

‎Chapter 2. The Persepolis Archives in Context: Constructing Questions, Confronting Problems

‎1. Introduction

‎2. Persepolis Fortification Archive

‎2.1. PFA: Excavation, Context, Temporal Scope, and Findspot

‎2.2. PFA: A Geographical Background

‎2.3. PFA: The Languages

‎2.3.1. Elamite

‎2.3.2. Aramaic

‎2.3.3. Other Languages

‎2.4. PFA: The Commodities and Ration Scales

‎2.5. The Use of Seals

‎2.6. The Recipients

‎2.7. The Officials

‎2.7.1. Supply

‎2.7.2. Oversight

‎2.8. Categories of Texts

‎2.8.1. Journals/Registers

‎2.8.2. Letter-Orders

‎3. The Persepolis Treasury Archive

‎4. Other Achaemenid Archives

‎Part 1. The Royal Sphere

‎Chapter 3. The Houses of Royal Women: A Socio-Economic Perspective

‎1.1. Definition of "Royal Woman"

‎1.2. Contextual Background

‎2. Identification

‎2.1. Irtašduna

‎2.2. Irdabama

‎2.3. Atossa

‎3. The Administrated House

‎3.1. Letter-Orders

‎3.1.1. Letter-Orders of Irdabama

‎3.1.2. Letter-Orders of Irtašduna

‎3.1.3. Letter-Orders of Atossa

‎3.1.4. Interim Conclusion

‎3.2. Estates

‎3.2.1. Estates of Irdabama

‎3.2.2. Estates of Irtašduna

‎3.2.3. Estates of Atossa

‎3.2.4. Estates of Other Women?

‎3.2.5. Interim Conclusion

‎3.3. Workers of Royal Women

‎3.3.1. Attribution

‎3.3.2. puhu for Royal Women

‎3.3.3. abbakannuš Abbamuš-na/ abbakkanaš Irdabama-na.

‎3.3.4. Irdabama and the Networks of Her Workers

‎3.3.5. Workers of Atossa

‎3.3.6. Interim Conclusion

‎3.4. Agents

‎3.5. Seals

‎3.5.1. Visual Imagery

‎3.5.2. Use of Seal and Seal Occurrences

‎3.6. Courts

‎4. Display and Representation

‎4.1. Appearances

‎4.2. Royal Women and Feasts

‎4.3. Travel

‎5. Other Royal Women

‎5.1. Upanduš and the Funeral Context

‎5.2. Amestris and the Persepolis Treasury Archive

‎5.3. Miscellaneous

‎Part 2. The Non-royal Sphere

‎Chapter 4. Women at Work: Specialization and Qualification

‎2. Chiefs

‎3. Distinct Female Task Forces

‎3.1. abbakannuš/abbakkanaš

‎3.2. Weavers

‎3.2.1. Identification of pašap as Weavers and PF 0999

‎3.2.2. The Network of Weavers

‎3.2.3. Geographical Landscape

‎3.2.4. Other Weavers

‎3.2.5. Irdabama and Weavers?

‎3.3. harrinup

‎3.3.1. The Origin of harrinup

‎3.3.2. The Network of harrinup

‎3.4. Interim Conclusion

‎4. Distinct Specialized Task Forces

‎4.1. Scribes and the Question of Literacy

‎4.2. Metalworkers

‎4.3. Stone Workers

‎5. Concluding Remarks

‎Chapter 5. Ordinary Women: Laborers, Gender, and Ration

‎2. Gender and Age: Ration Analysis

‎3. Gender and Hierarchy

‎4. Family

‎Chapter 6. Conclusions and Contributions

‎1. Concluding Remarks

‎2. Reframing Gender through the Persepolis Fortification Archive

‎Bibliography

‎Index Locorum

‎Index Nominum

‎Index Verborum

Back Cover.

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Other Format:

Print version: Safaee, Yazdan Women of the Empire

ISBN:

9789004758384

OCLC:

1593371652