IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Judicial Practices, Kinship and State in The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Autor/es:
CAMPAGNO, MARCELO
Revista:
Zeitschrift fur Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Editorial:
Agyptologisches Institut der Leipzig Universitat
Referencias:
Lugar: Leipzig, Alemania; Año: 2006 vol. 133 p. 20 - 33
ISSN:
0044-216X
Resumen:
Ancient Egyptian society -like other
societies in the Ancient World- was organized by
two different but coexisting logics, related, respectively, to kinship and the
State. The presence of these two logics is not only visible in the context of
social practices but also in the gods world accounts, since the
characteristics of the divine sphere used to be modelled on earthly world
practices. In this sense, an analysis of the judicial practices described in The Contendings of Horus and Seth
(pChester Beatty I) -a tale in which
both gods litigate for the right to receive the Egyptian kingship before a
divine court-, might provide us
with some ideas about the Ancient Egyptian judicial dynamics. However, the
judicial scenario of The Contendings seems to be quite different from
the New Kingdom State judicial courts. We will suggest
that this divergence is due to the fact that judicial practices in the tale are
not only organized by the State logic but mainly by the kinship logic, which
provides another way of solving conflicts.