Poner el cuerpo. Mujeres y política estatal en Mari (Siglo XVIII a.C.)

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2009

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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires
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Women and men are subjects defined both by their physical-natural reality and their socio-cultural environment. In this way they are reified, and many such examples can be found throughout history. We are interested in the situation of women in Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly the daughters of Zimrî-Lîm, king of the city of Mari, the archaeological site of Tell Hariri, modern Syria, during the 18th century BC. ZimrîLîm made marriages a policy of the state. He himself married foreign women and married their joint daughters to other important kings as well. This marital policy was another, more extended, way of dominion where women were a nexus between Mari and other states. In this paper, we will analyze the roles which were assigned and developed by royal women from a political level via a comprehensive approach. These women are presented generally as political objects, though, in extreme cases also they were taking forward actions as subjects and by it they were visualized as “the other,” the foreigner and, in some cases, the enemy.

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Ancient Near East, Kingdom of Mari, Politics, Antiguo Cercano Oriente, Reino de Mari, Política, Mujeres

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