What is it about?
A Nabataean priestess. Dating to the first century BCE in Hegra/Madain Salih (Saudi Arabia today)
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Why is it important?
It is a new reading of the funerary inscription of Kamkam the matriarch of that tomb at Hegra.
Perspectives
This is a new perspective into the history of Nabataean women and the role that women played in forming society and religion.
Dr Hatoon A. AL FASSI
University of Manchester
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This page is a summary of: Kamkam the Nabataean Priestess: Priesthood and Society in Ancient Arabia, December 2012, Gorgias Press LLC,
DOI: 10.31826/9781463235031-003.
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