Title Mrs. Tsenhor : a Female Entrepreneur in Ancient Egypt / Koenraad Donker van Heel

Published Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. People -- The Family -- 2. Earth and Water: Nesmin, 556 BCE -- How Tsenhor Got Her Name -- 3. Love and Death: Psenese, Tsenhor, Ruru, and Peteamunhotep, 530 -- 517 BCE -- Dividing an Inheritance -- A Pregnant Widow -- The Proud Father -- A Very Fortunate Baby Daughter -- 4. Slave: Tsenhor, 517 BCE -- Two Owners within a Month -- A Profitable Start to the New Year -- 5. Bricks: Tsenhor, Psenese, and Nesamunhotep, 512 -- 506 BCE -- The Tomb of Osorkon -- Expanding the Family Business -- Dividing Dad's House -- 6. Cattle: Burekhef and Ituru, 507 -- 487 BCE -- Was There a Rent-a-Cow in Thebes? -- A Cow Branded with the Milk Can -- 7. Love and Death: Tsenhor, Psenese, Ituru, and Ruru, 498 -- 494 BCE -- Psenese Becomes Ill -- Closing the Account -- 8. Earth and Water: Tsenhor, Ruru, and Nesamunhotep, 497 -- 491 BCE -- Ruru Takes Over -- The Bread of the Choachyte Summary "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 Ebyptian girl next door that will never make it inot the official history books"--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Tsenhor, approximately 550 B.C.- SUBJECT Tsenhor, approximately 550 B.C.- fast Subject Businesswomen -- Egypt -- History -- Sources Business enterprises -- Egypt -- History -- Sources Egyptian language -- Papyri. Antiquities Business enterprises Businesswomen Civilization Egyptian language SUBJECT Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041285 Egypt -- Civilization -- Sources Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263 Subject Egypt Genre/Form Early works History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 161797577X 9781617975776 9781617975691 1617975699

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