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The Law Code of Gortyn (Crete), c. 450 BCE from Ancient History Sourcebook; PHI 200508 The Packard Humanities Institute (full Greek text after Willetts 1967). Codificiation, tradition and innovation in the law code of Gortyn; The Law Code of Gortyn / ed. with introduction, transl. and a commentary by Ronald F. Willets. downloadable pdf.
Inheritance regulations, fragment of the 11th column of the Law Code of Gortyna, Louvre. Among archaeologists, ancient historians, and classicists Gortyn is known today primarily because of the 1884 discovery of the Gortyn code, which is both the oldest and most complete known example of a code of ancient Greek law.
Fragmentary boustrophedon inscription (code of law) in the agora of Gortyn Inheritance regulations, fragment of the 11th column of the Law Code of Gortyn, Louvre. There is evidence of human occupation in Gortyn as far back as the Neolithic era (7000 BC).
Ancient Greek laws consist of the laws and legal institutions of ancient Greece. The existence of certain general principles of law in ancient Greece is implied by the custom of settling a difference between two Greek states, or between members of a single state, by resorting to external arbitration.
A section of the Gortyn law code inscription, from the 5th century BCE. An epikleros (ἐπίκληρος; pl.: epikleroi) was an heiress in ancient Athens and other ancient Greek city states, specifically a daughter of a man who had no sons. In Sparta, they were called patrouchoi (πατροῦχοι), as they were in Gortyn.
Gortyn (Gortyn Code, also called the Great Code): Some of the laws of the Code were: The code dictates higher fines for adultery committed within the household of the female's father, husband or brother, as opposed to another location. Fines also depend on whether the woman has previously committed adultery.
In India, the Edicts of Ashoka (269–236 BC) were followed by the Law of Manu (200 BC). In ancient China, the first comprehensive criminal code was the Tang Code, created in 624 AD in the Tang Dynasty. The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC) Code of Urukagina ...
The Gortyn law code granted women a much better position than in mainland Greece. All women, including slaves, were protected. Gortyn women, like Spartan women, were able to enter into legal agreements and appear before the court. They were able to own property without male co-ownership or permission. Husband and wife had equal right to divorce.