The Legal Inscription of Mose was carved on the north and south walls of the tomb-chapel of the treasury-scribe Mose located in Saqqara, and Mose was a treasury-scribe of the Temple of Ptah in Memphis. The inscription...The Legal Inscription of Mose was carved on the north and south walls of the tomb-chapel of the treasury-scribe Mose located in Saqqara, and Mose was a treasury-scribe of the Temple of Ptah in Memphis. The inscription mainly deals with a lawsuit concerning the land of Mose family between Mose and his opponent, the agent Khay, as well as the four previous land lawsuits mentioned in their testimonies. This document, which is the most important document in the research of the ancient Egyptian legal system, details the entire process of land disputes within the Mose family, including the bringing of a lawsuit, collection of evidence, debate before the court and execution of judgments. In addition, this document is of high academic value to our study of the tax system, land occupation and official corruption in ancient Egypt.展开更多
文摘The Legal Inscription of Mose was carved on the north and south walls of the tomb-chapel of the treasury-scribe Mose located in Saqqara, and Mose was a treasury-scribe of the Temple of Ptah in Memphis. The inscription mainly deals with a lawsuit concerning the land of Mose family between Mose and his opponent, the agent Khay, as well as the four previous land lawsuits mentioned in their testimonies. This document, which is the most important document in the research of the ancient Egyptian legal system, details the entire process of land disputes within the Mose family, including the bringing of a lawsuit, collection of evidence, debate before the court and execution of judgments. In addition, this document is of high academic value to our study of the tax system, land occupation and official corruption in ancient Egypt.
