Warlike men and invisible women: how scribes in the Ancient Near East represented warfare
The analysis of women’s place in wars in the Ancient Near East is determined to a great extent by the fact that there was no law of war. However, some laws existed to allow wives to remarry, if their husbands were made prisoners of war or were considered to have disappeared. Thus, one must turn to t...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cliowgh_440 https://doi.org/10.4000/cliowgh.440 urn:doi:10.4000/cliowgh.440 en https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh/440 2017-06-19T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e3s2 All rights reserved Warlike men and invisible women: how scribes in the Ancient Near East represented warfare Clio Belin info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2554-3822 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh Clancier, Philippe lois mésopotamiennes prisonnier de guerre Sémiramis Arabes violences déportation Mesopotamian laws prisoner of war Semiramis Arabs violence deportation The analysis of women’s place in wars in the Ancient Near East is determined to a great extent by the fact that there was no law of war. However, some laws existed to allow wives to remarry, if their husbands were made prisoners of war or were considered to have disappeared. Thus, one must turn to the practice of war, as described by scribes, to find more elements concerning women. The queens of Assyria, such as Sammuramat (Semiramis) or Naqi’a/Zakutu were sufficiently involved in affairs of state to have some say in military matters. This was certainly true of Sammuramat. Women appear more frequently in references to violence directed against women, but for the most part the scribes do not single them out from the rest of defeated populations, in their descriptions of massacres and deportations. L’analyse de la place des femmes dans les guerres au Proche-Orient ancien est contingente d’un fait essentiel qui est qu’il n’y a pas de droit de la guerre. Il existe cependant des lois visant à permettre aux épouses, dont les maris auraient été faits prisonniers ou seraient considérés comme disparus, de se remarier. C’est donc plutôt dans la pratique de la guerre qu’il faut principalement rechercher la place des femmes. Les reines d’Assyrie, telles Sammuramat (Sémiramis) ou encore Naqi’a/Zakutu furent suffisamment investies dans la gestion de leur État pour avoir leur mot à dire sur les actions militaires. C’est en tout cas très certainement le cas de Sammuramat. C’est cependant surtout dans le cadre des violences faites aux femmes que l’on voit apparaître ces dernières. Et pourtant il n’est pas particulièrement fait mention de mauvais traitements qui leur seraient réservées. Elles suivaient le sort commun des populations vaincues, entre massacres et déportations. |
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The analysis of women’s place in wars in the Ancient Near East is determined to a great extent by the fact that there was no law of war. However, some laws existed to allow wives to remarry, if their husbands were made prisoners of war or were considered to have disappeared. Thus, one must turn to the practice of war, as described by scribes, to find more elements concerning women. The queens of Assyria, such as Sammuramat (Semiramis) or Naqi’a/Zakutu were sufficiently involved in affairs of state to have some say in military matters. This was certainly true of Sammuramat. Women appear more frequently in references to violence directed against women, but for the most part the scribes do not single them out from the rest of defeated populations, in their descriptions of massacres and deportations. |
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Warlike men and invisible women: how scribes in the Ancient Near East represented warfare |
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