A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
but still unresolved cases could end with the vizier in the capitals.^59 Even in such instances, the vizier may just remit the c ...
262 received orders directly from the “office of the Vizier.” They also were responsible for ensuring that communications ...
263 possibly referring to judicial activity.^79 An official, entitled firy-hp, (li ...
functions was collecting taxes for the state.^91 The state could order such “mayors” or “town governors” to supply men for royal ...
2.1.4.1 The authorities can instruct a local djadjat court to release persons held as security for absentee fugitives and reserv ...
officer, the vizier supervised the police officials charged with main- taining public order: “It is he who appoints the overseer ...
L 3.1 Parties Such disputes and transactions as are documented occur between relative social equals. Of some interest ...
3.3 Evidence^129 3.3.1 Witnesses Witnesses play an important role in Middle Kingdom legal docu- ments. Both male and female witn ...
the parties involved in the temporary (?) transfer of a servant woman are required to take oaths.^139 P S 4.1 Citi ...
4.2 Class The Old Kingdom title sr, “official, magistrate,” is still important in the Middle Kingdom.^148 It is the vizier in th ...
drawn up for purposes of inheritance, taxation, or property trans- fer, begins with the male head of the household.^158 Neverthe ...
from his brother, and this before it goes to their children.^168 There is some indication for a widow’s guardianship of her youn ...
who appear to have fled without completing the services required of them by the state.^179 4.4.1.4 In P. Berlin 10470 there is a ...
4.4.4 Treatment Bakir has suggested that female slaves could be shorn.^188 An escaped slave seems to have been captured and cond ...
“mistress of the house,” which first appears in the Middle Kingdom, may suggest that the holder is a married woman.^195 Accordin ...
been compelled to cede control to her eldest son when he reached age, but this is not entirely certain. P. Kahun I.1 apparently ...
The Khnumhotep tomb inscription attests to an interest in estab- lishing boundaries, which were apparently set down in land regi ...
6.2 Inheritance 6.2.1 According to Théodoridès, the right of primogeniture, the rule maintained through a testamentary provision ...
Wills are not numerous, but there are texts clearly designed to determine the fate of a person’s estate after his decease. In P. ...
by a fimy.t-pr.^236 P. Kahun VII.1 shows that such a deed of con- veyance could be revoked or annuled (lit., “back is to it”).^2 ...
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