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As 382 cartas encontradas em Tell El-Amarna trazem não somente informações sobre a política administrativa do Egito durante a Era do Bronze Tardio, mas também sobre as transações internacionais que envolviam vidas humanas. O objetivo deste ensaio é mostrar, através das entrelinhas das cartas de El-Amarna, como funcionava o tráfico de mulheres de Canaã para o Egito nesse período. Temos duas situações: uma é o tráfico de mulheres entre o Egito e os grandes reinos, como Assíria, Babilônia e Mittani, e o outro é o tráfico de mulheres das cidades-Estado de Canaã para o Egito. No primeiro caso, o tráfico se dava através de alianças entre os reis e que envolviam o casamento com as filhas da realeza, as quais eram enviadas para o harém deste ou daquele rei. No segundo caso, temos novamente duas situações. A primeira é o envio de mulheres (adolescentes) das cidades-Estado para o Egito. Ou seja, o envio de mulheres ao Egito, para fins diversos, era umas das obrigações dos reis vassalos cananeus. A segunda situação é a compra de mulheres como mão de obra especializada. Neste caso, as mulheres eram treinadas e preparadas para o serviço na corte e depois vendidas.

The 382 letters found at Tell El-Amarna reveal not only information about the Egypt's administrative political during the Late Bronze Age, but also information about the international transactions involving human lives. The purpose of this essay is to show, through the lines of El-Amarna's letters, how the traffic of women from Canaan to Egypt during this period worked. We have two situations: one is the traffic of women between Egypt and the great kingdoms, such as Assyria, Babylon and Mittani, and the other is the traffic of women from the city-states of Canaan to Egypt. In the first case, the traffic was through alliances between the kings that involved the marriage with the daughters of the royalty, which were sent to the harem of this or that king. In the second case, we have two situations again. The first is the sending of women, mostly teenagers, from city-states to Egypt. That is, the sending of women to Egypt for various purposes was one of the duties of the Canaanite vassal kings. The second situation is the purchase of women as skilled labor. In this case, women were trained and prepared for service in court and then sold. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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