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Cover illustration: Kyra Silthous mosaic (Kissufim). Copyright Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dirven, Lucinda, editor.
Title: The public lives of ancient women (500 BCE-650 CE) / edited by Lucinda Dirven, Martijn Icks, Sofie Remijsen.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Mnemosyne supplements, 2352-8656 ; 468 | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022060174 (print) | LCCN 2022060175 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004533295 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004534513 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Women–History. | Women in public life–History.
Classification: LCC HQ1121 .P77 2023 (print) | LCC HQ1121 (ebook) | DDC 305.4093–dc23/eng/20230127
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