Ancient Iranian Women Warriors
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies / Masoume Price
08-Mar-2010 (7 comments)

Ancient Iranian Women Warriors

Watercolour by Shapour Suren-Pahlav

Any analysis of women’s lives and status in ancient times is a very complicated task and needs time and space. This very brief article intends to provide much needed basic information based on archaeological evidence and will primarily deal with women in Achaemenid times. The material is based on Fortification and Treasury texts discovered at Persepolis (509-438 BC) and documents recovered at Susa Babylonia and other major Mesopotamian cities of the period. These texts provide us with a unique insight into the social and economic situation of both the royal and non-royal women at the time. In the texts individual women are identified, payments of rations and wages for male and female workers are documented and sealed orders by the royal women themselves or their agents gives us valuable information on how these powerful women managed their wealth.

The documents clearly indicate distinctions of status between different members of the royal household. The titles used by the royal women are determined by the relationship between these women and the king. For example the King’s mother had the highest rank and seems to be the head of the female members of the household. The next was the Queen (mother of the crown prince or the principal wife) followed by the kings’ daughters and sisters. They all had titles wi... >>>

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For a depiction of these ancient Iranian warrior women, see:

//www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Images2/General/Iranian_Women_Warriors.JPG



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Persian Women in Power

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Persian Women in Power

Iranian Women

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IranFirst

Cool Stuff

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It would have been nice if we had a section/tab on iranian.com to see more articles dealing with history , cuture, or Heritage, etc.


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The documents are being claimed in a law suite

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As the article said, "The material is based on Fortification and Treasury texts discovered at Persepolis (509-438 BC) and documents recovered at Susa Babylonia and other major Mesopotamian cities of the period."

Part of these documents, Fortification and Treasury texts discovered at Persepolis, are the materials claimed in a lawsuite that is on-going on appeals in the US.  The suite will probably go to the supreme court of the US for a final decision.

//www.payvand.com/news/08/sep/1270.html

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_Fortification_Archive

//persepolistablets.blogspot.com/2007/01/heritage-threatened-persepolis-tablets.html

Please help support the folks who are trying to protect these tablets from this legal catastrophe.


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try this link for the story

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you are welcome IranFirst - a nice switch from soft porn on IC

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Thanks

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Nice article and picture