A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
101 vidual provincial officials.^63 The details of the process by which the king trans ...
in the Old Kingdom the vizier could announce legal decisions only on behalf of the king, but this, too, is not certain. Since he ...
authority over the provinces “increased gradually” but that the provin- cial local administrations retained responsibilities.^80 ...
2.1.3.2.2 The nome is the basic geographical unit of administra- tion in the Old Kingdom,^90 although the precise divisions are ...
ings against disobedient subordinates. In the Decree of Neferirkare the king addresses the “overseer of priests,” who has the po ...
2.1.4.2 The court appears to be sometimes the public place where formal legal agreements are confirmed.^110 Thus, a transaction ...
2.1.4.5 While we have numerous references to “judges,” the details are sparse.^121 One common title for a judge (fimy-r3 s“s3b) ...
for agriculture and fields disputes.^130 Several other scribal positions appear to have legal significance as well, such as the ...
him/herself the responsibility of seeing that the opponent was brought to court (i.e., self-help).^139 Other means of reconcilia ...
According to Théodoridès, P. Berlin 9010 may record in fact a preliminary investigation of the dispute. Sebekhotep having brough ...
legal authority of the document may be derived primarily from the list of witnesses.^153 3.3.2 Documents^154 3.3.2.1 Numerous te ...
3.3.3 Oaths The promissory and assertory oaths were an important component of legal procedure throughout Egyptian history.^160 A ...
sionally raise questions regarding the free or unfree status of the per- sons mentioned.^170 On the basis of the exemption decre ...
a sr through appointment.^180 In the Sixth Dynasty inscription of Henqwfrom Deir el-Gabrawi, is the statement “As for the ones a ...
4.2.5 Much discussed are also the class of ¢nty-“, “those who gov- ern the lake(?).”^188 They were the inhabitants of the pyrami ...
4.3 Gender and Age 4.3.1 Scholars now tend to discern no fundamental difference in the legal status between men and women.^197 A ...
Dynasty), when endowing his mortuary cult, mentions two equal plots of land belonging to his mother. One aroura is given to his ...
those not technically slaves were subject to corvée-labor or other lim- itations on their freedom.^213 Scholars have suggested t ...
son, and the maintenance of the mortuary cult by the same.^221 The possibility of conflicting interests within the family is als ...
5.1.2 Divorce Evidence for divorce is vague. Pestman suggests that an Old Kingdom statue group wherein the woman’s figure is cut ...
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