insider.si.edu

Goddesses in context : on divine powers, roles, relationships and gender in Mesopotamian textual and visual sources / Julia M. Asher-Greve, Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Introduction / Julia M. Asher-Greve and Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Map of Mesopotamia -- Chronological table -- Gender theory and issues. On sexual differences and gender categories ; Changing gender ...
Hyperallergic

Looking at Enheduanna, the World’s First Known Author, and the Women of Mesopotamia

Cylinder seal (modern impression) with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Akkadian period (ca. 2334–2154 BCE), Cuneiform inscription: “To the deity Niniškun, Ilaknuid, ...
Asia Society

[PATRONS – ONLY EVENT] She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C.

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C. brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of artworks that capture rich and shifting expressions of women’s ...