WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIME
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WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIME
History creates a great picture of women who lived in the time of the Akkadian empire. This is more especially to the women who held titles such as wives, queens, and priestesses. The fantastic picture comes along with attractive artifacts that are made to explain their lifestyles. The following discusses the kind of woman who lived between the period range of ca2900-1500BCE. These are women who lived during the Hamurabi law code, which was the Babylon code of old Mesopotamia.The code provided for justice and punishments. This code had a lot to do with women of this time.
As per the code, a woman was her father or husband’s property, whoever oversaw her dowry. The law protected women remarkably significantly, mothers. According to the law, women in into marriage by contract. Divorce was the husband’s choice. The law guarded on woman’s sexuality is a big deal. A woman is caught guilty of adultery; the charge was to be a slave in their husbands’ hose or get drowned or otherwise get rescued by her husband’s mercy(Ferreira et al., 2017:119). There lived great women at this extreme historical period. This includes a discussion of women who lived at this period and particularly between ca2900-1500BCE. This follows a discussion of two; Enduanna and Pu-Abi.
Enheduana, Sargon’s daughter, lived in old Mesopotamia at around 2285-2250 BCE. Her name meant “Ornament of Heaven” She held titles of Princess, Priestess, Writer, and a Poet. She is a notable character. History draws her to have lived in an extraordinary Historical setting. Her priestess was exercised at a temple in Ur as the high priestess of the moon deity Nanna Suen.
Enheduanna did several literary works, two canticles to the Mesopotamian Love goddess, being her popularly discussed literature works. Other works include Myths and a good number of temple canticles. Her works were written in cuneiform that used clay tablets. Enheduannas interesting character comes in how she managed to become outstanding in literature; works in traditional mechanisms were considered to belong to men(Benjamin,2019:22-31). Her work choice was centered on deep personalities in the subject and contained a lot of realistic features. She was very hardworking. She labored all night composing her works. Enheduanna forms an excellent foundation in poetry. Her poets have a reflective quality that stresses its divine muse’s superlative qualities, while she highlights the artistic skill needed in for written composition. Her works in modern days are recognized in Astronomy(Elhewaily,2017:133-147). It is believed that her description of steller measurements and movements are likely early scientific observations.
Pu-abi was a significant figure in the Sumerian city of Ur. Also called Shubad.During the First Dynasty of Ur(ca2600BCE) in some museums such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philidelphia. Her status is in many museums indicated as queen. Her labels suggest that she had a robust cultural stand and demonstrate a high level of interactions between the old Sumerians and the Semitic Neighbors (Elhewaily,2017:133-147). From what’s found in history in the kind of jewelry remain in the tomb of Pu-Abi, one can easily deduce that Pu –Abi was a great person in the history of the Sumerians. In the British Museum, London, there is a Banquet scene, a cylinder seal with Pu-Abi nin’s name. In Sumerian, nin means a lady or a queen.
Pu-Abi is also depicted as so necessary. History indicates that the cylinder seal with British Museum was made of a material that would have come from Afghanistan. This implies a respected person in initiating trade between empires. It also shows the high position she held in the creation of trade routes. Pu-Abis tomb descriptions by archeologists were expensively set and furnished with expensive metals, a sign of honor and respect. Fossils, according to(), show that she was buried with two other attendants. Her chamber was made of Lapis lazuli material believed to have been too precious in Sumerian (Kumar,2019:5). This material symbolized wealth. It was used in kingship and religions as a sign of honor. All these findings reveal out that Pu-Abi was a great female character among the Sumerians. She was highly respected and honored. After her death, she buried in equal mesures as a Queen.
In conclusion, it is fascinating to study the time—the time of t6he old Babylon and the Akkadian empire concerning women and their lives. Women’s position in terms of punishment in Hammurabi’s law code was too detrimental as opposed to men. In favor, there were also laws made to support the women in their welfares. This relatively good, especially for mothers. Though a keen follow-up on ancient law, one will realize that all women were not equal. Either way, some women capitalized on the given support to fight for a stand among the people. The likes of Enheduanna and Pu-Abi are quite good examples. Despite the challenging and naive times, they were still able to become international fac torts in what they did. Enheduanna’s works are always recognizable even in the present; an example is in the field of Astronomy.
References
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Zioga, Polina, Frank Pollick, Minhua Ma, Paul Chapman, and Kristian Stefanov. “Enheduanna—A Manifesto of Falling” Live Brain-Computer Cinema Performance: Performer and Audience Participation, Cognition and Emotional Engagement Using Multi-Brain BCI Interaction.” Frontiers in neuroscience 12 (2018): 191.
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Kumar, Deepak, Anna-Sophie Hager, Alberto Sun, Winok Debyser, Bruno Javier Guagliano, and Vijay Singh. “Improving Fermentation Rate during Use of Corn Grits in Beverage Alcohol Production.” Beverages 5, no. 1 (2019): 5.
Ferreira, Davi Gabriel, Vanderlei Dorneles, and Vandeni Clarice Kunz. “CÓDIGO DE HAMURABI E O PENTATEUCO BÍBLICO.” Compreendendo A Doutrina E A Cultura Dos Adventistas (2017): 119.