Ancient Clay Tablets Reveal Anatolian Women Were Active In Trade Up To 4,000 Years Ago

MessageToEagle.com – Ancient clay tablets discovered in Turkey reveal Anatolian women were active in administration and trade up to 4,000 years ago.

The artifacts discovered at the Kültepe Kaneş/Karum mound in the province of Kayseri offer new information about commercial and economic relationships in the region.

“Everything of value was recorded in that era, so it is possible to get information about both daily life and social life from the tablets. For example, many events we know about today were recorded in tablets. It is possible to read information about many things related to social life such as marriage, divorce, adoption and court decisions,” Professor Fikri Kulakoğlu of the Ankara University said.

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“It is very important that women were among the traders in Anatolia. Of course men traded but there were also women,” said Kulakoğlu.

“We learned from these tablets that one of them traveled 1,000 kilometers to Assyria to seek her rights in court as she failed to collect her money here. Women were active and had rights in society. Even queens were active in trade and state treaties. The king’s seal was not enough to approve a treaty; the queen’s seal was also necessary, which means that queens were equal with kings in administration,” he added, particularly referring to the case of Puduhepa, the wife of the Hittite king Hattusili III.

“Puduhepa lived 500 years after Kültepe. But the wife of an Anatolian king had a role in administration 500 years before Puduhepa. This means that Anatolian women were active in trade and administration long before the Hittite kings,” Kulakoğlu stated.

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