Abstract
This contribution assesses the significance of literacy in the Achaemenid Empire. In the A.’s view, the ability to read and write was not held in high esteem among the Persians (p.123) and consequently, there was little scope for literacy in private contexts, which in turn explains the absence of evidence for female literateness. In the imperial context, writing predominantly served as a technology of social and political control (p. 129). The situation in the Persian heartland is then contra...
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