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Article Dans Une Revue Nehet, revue numérique d'égyptologie Année : 2014

La loi-hp dans la société et la pensée du Moyen Empire

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Hp-law is attested in Egyptian sources from Early Middle Kingdom onwards. In literary texts the term is mentioned in association with the concept of Maat, and refers to the maintenance of the equilibrium of society. In funerary contexts law is subjected to the concept of Maat and associated with the survival of the deceased in the afterlife. However, the term hp is most often found in administrative contexts, to which it provides a legal framework. Some officials are in charge of it as well. Within epithets the mention of hp emphasizes proximity to the royal person as well as the possession of all moral virtues necessary to a man of quality. The hp-law stands for a moral reference necessary to ensure the proper functioning of pharaonic society.

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Adeline Bats. La loi-hp dans la société et la pensée du Moyen Empire. Nehet, revue numérique d'égyptologie, 2014, 1, pp.95-113. ⟨hal-03941537⟩
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