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Assyrian Businesswoman Zizizi
Zizizi was an Assyrian businesswoman at Kanesh, wife of an Assyrian merchant, and known for expressive stories delivered on ancient textile tablets. Her journey started around 1860 B.C., when she followed her husband to the Anatolian city of Kanesh. He later died and she remarried a local. Her Father Imdi-ilum and Mother Ishtar-bashti responded to her leaving home by stating ‘we are not important in your eyes”. In Kanesh Zizizi became a successful moneylender. 4,000 years after 1860 B.C., in Kültepe conversations with her parents were excavated by archaeologists. “Like the angry letter Zizizi’s parents sent her, many of the texts addressed to or written by women deal in some way with the production of textiles, one of the most lucrative goods Assyrians traded with Anatolians”. A archived tablet found at Kanesh, holds a letter from Zizizi to her parents, that was written during an outbreak of disease, and after the death of her sister. It displays Zizizi expressing her emotional circumstances by stating “I can’t manage anymore,” and “There is no one with whom I can speak and no one to give me satisfaction. You are my father and my master; you are my mother; please write me a tablet with friendly words…and give me your encouragement! If your tablet does not come soon, I will die!”.