Everyday Stories from the Ancient Past
October 26, 2023 4:11 PM Subscribe
Love in an Orchard, as Written by the Trees. Donating Kittens to the Goddess Bastet. Parental Grief. Same-Sex Love Spells. A Runaway Child Bride. A Bachelor Wishes to Marry. A Spell to Attract Women. His Mind is Shrouded in Darkness. I am Dying of a Broken Heart.These and more vignettes of ancient Middle Eastern life at the Papyrus Stories Group Blog (click on language tab or hover on topic tab for best navigation).
Very, very cool. Thank you.
posted by signal at 4:52 PM on October 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by signal at 4:52 PM on October 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
Love these!
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 9:31 PM on October 26, 2023
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 9:31 PM on October 26, 2023
I'm sharing that kitten one around, it's so odd but kind of delightful?
posted by mittens at 4:52 AM on October 27, 2023
posted by mittens at 4:52 AM on October 27, 2023
OK, fess up: who didn't click on the kittens one first?
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:15 AM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by UbuRoivas at 5:15 AM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
I went for the same-sex loves spells first. Then the kittens.
posted by Quasirandom at 7:50 AM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Quasirandom at 7:50 AM on October 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
Wow, the contextual material is great:
A female slave became a so-called umm walad, “mother of a child”, when her master impregnated her, even when a miscarriage followed or when the child was stillborn. This new legal status gave a female slave many more rights than the average slave enjoyed and fully integrated her into her master’s household. For example, he could no longer sell her or remove her from him in any other way. […] offspring with his slaves[…] would have been entitled to a share in his inheritance
posted by clew at 9:47 AM on October 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
A female slave became a so-called umm walad, “mother of a child”, when her master impregnated her, even when a miscarriage followed or when the child was stillborn. This new legal status gave a female slave many more rights than the average slave enjoyed and fully integrated her into her master’s household. For example, he could no longer sell her or remove her from him in any other way. […] offspring with his slaves[…] would have been entitled to a share in his inheritance
posted by clew at 9:47 AM on October 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
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