The Woman with Spindles in the Luwian-Phoenician Inscriptions from Karatepe

• Authors: Krzysztof J. Baranowski

Abstracts

EN

The Karatepe inscriptions contain an intriguing image of a woman walking fearlessly with spindles. This image builds on the symbolism of the spindle in the ancient Near East as an emblem of femininity and highlights the gendered language of the passage in which it occurs. In the context, the figure of the woman with spindles is contraposed with the image of the fearful man. The contrast between them portrays the magnitude of the positive changes accomplished by Azitawada, the ruler who commissioned the inscriptions.

Keywords

EN

Karatape Inscription; KAI 26; Phoenician; Gender Roles

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Folia Orientalia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 11-19

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Krzysztof J. Baranowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/for.2018.124676

Biblioteka Nauki

55787624