User:Brokendiscdrive/Taram-Kubi (Assyrian)

Taram-Kubi was an Assyrian businesswoman of the 19th c. BCE. She was married to Innaya, had a son, Ikuppiya, and had two siblings; her brother, Imdī-ilum, and a sister, Simat-Assur. Taram-Kubi lived in Assur while her husband lived and worked in Anatolian Kanesh. Taram-Kubi was business partners with Innaya, and they communicated through cuneiform clay tablets transported by caravans between Assur and Kanesh. These tablets were part of The Old Assyrian corpus. The majority of these tablets were excavated from private homes in Kanes. Taram-Kubi crafted textiles that were highly sought after, which were then sent to Innaya in Kanesh, where he would sell and send silver back. Taram-Kubi was wealthy, having enough funds to lend silver to her brother for purchasing a house. She also covered a debt her husband had to city administration in Assur, which she then demanded he repay afterward. She also worked with authorities to resolve a lawsuit her husband had been involved in regarding suspicious sales of lapis lazuli. Although Tarem-Kubi was an independent woman and had arguments with and placed demands on her husband from their business dealings, she still missed him and in her letters request he return to Assur to be by her side. One example of their quarrels included Innaya emptying their house of barley before he left for Kanesh, and then a famine coming, leaving Taram-Kubi with no food for her and their child. Her letters on the clay tablets showcased a more emotional side of communication, whereas the male counterpart's tablet communications were often more business-oriented.