Why It was Rape:The Conceptualization of Rape in Sumerian Literature

摘要

In an article published in NIN: Journal of Gender Studies in Antiquity, Jo Ann Scurlockargues that the encounter between Ninlil and Enlil in the Sumerian composition "Enlil andNinlil" is not rape, but rather the "ruination of an unmarried woman." I She bases her argu-ment on a comparative approach to the study of ancient documents according to which "in-formation drawn from any source may be profitably compared with any other, provided thatproper care is taken to avoid decontextualization."2