Sources of Ancient and Primitive Law (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chapter XXIII TRIALS Section 1. EGYPTIAN NO. 1. THE INSCRIPTION OF MES1 1. INTRODUCTION (According to the estimate of Professor Lorbt, 3 or 4 horizontal lines have been lost at the beginning of the inscription. Their probable contents were as follows: a) the date at which the procks verbal was drawn up . . .: b) a narrative introductory to the depositions. ... It was doubtless related how Mes laid a plaint before the Vizier and the Great Qenbet. A member of that court will have been sent as commissioner to the lands of Neshi, in order to examine the litigants and their witnesses. The only fragment of this narrative which remains states that some one (no doubt the commissioner of the Qenbet) brought the notables of the town to hear the depositions.) . . . officer( ?) brought the notables of the town to hear their depositions. 2. Deposition Of The Plaintiff Mes a. The Early History of the Estates of Neshi What was said by the ... of the bearer of weapons, who . . . Rameses, Mes]. As for me, I am the son of Hui, the son of Urnero, the daughter] of Neshi. A division of property was made for] Urnero and her brothers and sister in] the Great] Qenbet in the time of] Horemheb. They sent the priest of the litter Iniy, who was an officer of 1 This valuable record of a private lawsuit (an appellate proceeding) surviving from Pharaonic times was discovered by Professor Loret in the tomb of Mes at Sakkara. The translation is by Alan H. Gardiner, pubnsnea by J.