Add to ORKGIn ancient Egypt inheritance was conveyed either through the legal order of succession, favoring sonsover daughters, children over siblings, and older over younger, or through written declarations thatallowed for individualized arrangements. Adoption was the common means by which a childlessperson could acquire an heir. The initial tendency towards a sole heir (preferably the eldest son) wasreplaced by the division of parental property among all children, although the eldest son continued toplay an important role as trustee for his siblings and received a larger or better share according tothe legal order of succession. Documents used for the bequeathing of inheritance varied over time andwere gradually replaced by donations and divisions a...
The study of an inheritance division is usually limited by its isolated recording, which leads to an...
This paper addresses the law of inheritance as detailed in the Qurʾān. It deals with the method used...
Scholars often remark on the high level of detail at which the ancient Egyptian administration of th...
In ancient Egypt inheritance was conveyed either through the legal order of succession, favoring son...
This Dissertation dealt with the law of succession in Ancient Egypt, and is composed of two parts. T...
In Greece and Rome the head of the family had special responsibility for ensuring continuity, which ...
This study discusses the importance of the belief in the afterlife, sustenance after death, family s...
This article will focus on the importance of the New Kingdom Papyrus Ashmolean Museum 1945.96 (Adopt...
Adoption was extant as a legal institution in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. In most...
"One of the obvious facts of human society is that people die and institu-tions remain " (...
Les présents travaux portent sur une période particulière de l’Égypte pharaonique, marquée par l’app...
Examination of the principles of inheritance in the Hittite society of the Late Bronze Age and consi...
In what follows, we first review briefly the kinds of property subject to transfer by inheritance or...
Core aspects of the kinship system in ancient Egypt are discussed here. The six basic terms through ...
In Islamic society, as in most other societies, inheritance represents the most important method of...
The study of an inheritance division is usually limited by its isolated recording, which leads to an...
This paper addresses the law of inheritance as detailed in the Qurʾān. It deals with the method used...
Scholars often remark on the high level of detail at which the ancient Egyptian administration of th...
In ancient Egypt inheritance was conveyed either through the legal order of succession, favoring son...
This Dissertation dealt with the law of succession in Ancient Egypt, and is composed of two parts. T...
In Greece and Rome the head of the family had special responsibility for ensuring continuity, which ...
This study discusses the importance of the belief in the afterlife, sustenance after death, family s...
This article will focus on the importance of the New Kingdom Papyrus Ashmolean Museum 1945.96 (Adopt...
Adoption was extant as a legal institution in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. In most...
"One of the obvious facts of human society is that people die and institu-tions remain " (...
Les présents travaux portent sur une période particulière de l’Égypte pharaonique, marquée par l’app...
Examination of the principles of inheritance in the Hittite society of the Late Bronze Age and consi...
In what follows, we first review briefly the kinds of property subject to transfer by inheritance or...
Core aspects of the kinship system in ancient Egypt are discussed here. The six basic terms through ...
In Islamic society, as in most other societies, inheritance represents the most important method of...
The study of an inheritance division is usually limited by its isolated recording, which leads to an...
This paper addresses the law of inheritance as detailed in the Qurʾān. It deals with the method used...
Scholars often remark on the high level of detail at which the ancient Egyptian administration of th...