Koenraad Donker Van Heel

Mrs. Tsenhor

A Female Entrepreneur in Ancient Egypt

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Produktbeschreibung

Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). The author creates the image of a proud and independent businesswoman who made her own decisions in life. Like her father and husband, Tsenhor could be hired to bring offerings to the dead in the necropolis on the west bank of the Nile. When Tsenhor decided to divide her inheritance, her son and daughter each received an equal share. Even the papyri proving her children's rights to her inheritance were cut to equal size. Tsenhor seems in many ways to have been a liberated woman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9789774166778
• ISBN-10: 9774166779
• Artikelnr.: 43560266

Autorenporträt

Koenraad Donker van Heel is lecturer in Demotic at Leiden University. He is the author of Djekhy & Son: Doing Business in Ancient Egypt (AUC Press, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
1. People
The family
- Mummies as a source of income
- Did the choachytes keep mummies at home?
- The Persian administration
- An outpost at Elephantine
2. Earth & Water: Nesmin 556 BCE
How Tsenhor got her name
- What happened to the rest?
- The god's father Petosiris son of Wenamun
- A tomb in the Assasif
3. Love & Death: Psenese, Tsenhor, Ruru & Peteamunhotep 530-517 BCE
Dividing an inheritance
- Mad king or just a bad hair day?
- Wedjahorresne: a smart career move
A pregnant widow
- A woman with a mind of her own
- Why not simply adopt your wife?
The proud father
- How many visits to the temple of Montu?
- The order of the witness list
A very fortunate baby daughter
- A 4500 year old contract
- The law of Pharaoh
4. Slave: Tsenhor 517 BCE
Two owners within a month
- Women owning slaves
A profitable start of the new year
- To you belongs their fate
5. Bricks: Tsenhor, Psenese & Nesamunhotep 512-506 BCE
The tomb of Osorkon
- The good house
Expanding the family business
- Who owns what?
- The right of way
Dividing dad's house
- Did Nesmin make a will?
- Inheriting a house in Coptic Djeme
6. Cattle: Burekhef & Ituru 507-487 BCE
Was there a Rent a Cow in Thebes?
- The collection of Bernardino Drovetti
A cow branded with the milk can
- 401 little workers
7. Love & Death: Tsenhor, Psenese, Ituru & Ruru 498-494 BCE
Psenese becomes ill
- The days on which Tsenhor did not work
Closing the account
- When old age sets in
- Who gets mum's library?
8. Earth & Water: Tsenhor, Ruru & Nesamunhotep 497-491 BCE
Ruru takes over
- The hidden treasures of the Louvre
- The missing Tsenhor papyri
The bread of the choachyte