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A female Canaanite ruler known from the Amarna letters as "mistress of the lionesses" may have been identified on a plaque discovered at Tel Beit Shemesh:
See the above for the full story and an illustration of the plaque.
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Egypt
Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?
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A female Canaanite ruler known from the Amarna letters as "mistress of the lionesses" may have been identified on a plaque discovered at Tel Beit Shemesh:
Tel Aviv University archaeologists Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations have uncovered an unusual ceramic plaque of a goddess in female dress, suggesting that a mighty female "king" may have ruled the city. If true, they say, the plaque would depict the only known female ruler of the region.
The plaque itself depicts a figure dressed as royal male figures and deities once appeared in Egyptian and Canaanite art. The figure's hairstyle, though, is womanly and its bent arms are holding lotus flowers – attributes given to women. This plaque, art historians suggest, may be an artistic representation of the "Mistress of the Lionesses," a female Canaanite ruler who was known to have sent distress letters to the Pharaoh in Egypt reporting unrest and destruction in her kingdom.
See the above for the full story and an illustration of the plaque.
- Online: Careers For Women In Ancient Egypt
BBC (Joann Fletcher) In order to understand their relatively enlightened attitudes toward sexual equality, it is important to realise that the Egyptians viewed their universe as a complete duality of male and female. Giving balance and order to all things...
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Haaretz "To the king my lord and my sun: These are the words of your servant, Belit-nesheti [literally, "mistress of lions/lionesses"]. I fall at the king's feet seven times over. I must tell the king that this country is witnessing [acts of] hostility...
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070205-snake-spells.htmlA coherent summary of the discovery and decipherment of the Semitic passages inscribed on the subterranean walls of the pyramid of King Unas at Saqqara: "The Canaanite spells were...
- More Re Hatshepsut Exhibition
http://tinyurl.com/g45l6 (The Journal News)More about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, again drawing together aspects of her reign and aspects of the exhibition: "The subject of an elegant and enlightening exhibit opening today at The Metropolitan Museum...
- Early Dynastic Contact
The article tell of a find made by archaeologists in the Jordan valley of a stone plaque with early Egyptian hieroglyphs. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145168042&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull...