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Mrs. Tsenhor : a female entrepreneur in ancient Egypt / Koenraad Donker van Heel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, (c)2014.Edition: [US & CA version]Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 229 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617975776
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HC33 .M778 2014
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: "From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of which we are uinaware. In fact, what we have here is an unprecedented and privileged peek into the life of an ancient Egyptian girl next door that will never make it into the official history books"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

"From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of which we are uinaware. In fact, what we have here is an unprecedented and privileged peek into the life of an ancient Egyptian girl next door that will never make it into the official history books"--Publisher description.

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