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008			231017s1998 gw sb 001 0 eng d
020			_a9789004670426 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789004108967 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004670426 _2DOI
035			_z(OCoLC)38432295
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100	1		_aStol, Marten, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East / _cMarten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c1998.
264		4	_c©1998
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBiblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000
490	1		_aStudies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East ; _v14
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tPreliminary Material / _rMarten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming -- Preface / _rM. Stol and S. P. Vleeming -- Legal aspects of Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East: Introduction / _rRaymond Westbrook -- Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C. / _rClaus Wilcke -- Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period / _rMarten Stol -- Old Assyrian and Ancient Anatolian Evidence for the Care of the Elderly / _rKlaas R. Veenhof -- Care of the Elderly: the Neo-Babylonian Period / _rG. Van Driel -- Legal Aspects of Care of the Elderly in Egypt to the End of the New Kingdom / _rAndrea McDowell -- Die Sorge für die Älteren nach den Papyri / _rHans-Albert Rupprecht -- Legal aspects of Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East: Conclusion / _rRaymond Westbrook -- Bibliography / _rMarten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming -- Indices / _rMarten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming.
520			_aMaterial support in old age : how did the various cultures of the Ancient Near East counter this problem? Surprisingly, this problem has hardly been discussed before and consequently this volume is the first work to concentrate on this important social topic. A group of scholars convened to study the strategies used when there was no son at hand to 'honour father and mother'. Lawbooks remain silent, but a wealth of information can be retrieved from legal texts otherwise not easily accessible to outsiders. In a testament, for example, the testator can assure his maintenance; in other cases a dowry or other gift may take care of a surviving widow. A 'son' could be installed by adopting a wealthy adult person, or a slave be set free under the condition of serving the manumitter until his death. Unmarried women appointted 'daughters' for the same purpose. The role of the 'public sector' (in this case the temple or the palace) in taking care of the destitute elderly remains a matter of debate, also in this book. All regions with rich source materials are covered: Egypt, ancient Sumer, the Old Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian periods in the history of Mesopotamia, the Old Assyrian colonies in Anatolia, Emar. The introduction and the conclusion are by Raymond Westbrook.
546			_aEnglish and German
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aOlder people _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zMiddle East _xHistory.
650		0	_aSupport (Domestic relations) _zMiddle East _xHistory.
700	1		_aVleeming, S. P., _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998. _z9789004108967 _w(DLC) 98012595
830		0	_aBiblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000.
830		0	_aStudies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East ; _v14.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004670426
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