TY - BOOK AU - Stol,Marten AU - Vleeming,S.P. TI - The care of the elderly in the ancient Near East T2 - Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East SN - 9004108963 AV - KMC181 .C37 1998 U1 - KMC 181.C37 1998 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Leiden, Leiden PB - Brill KW - Older people KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Middle East KW - History KW - Support (Domestic relations) KW - Services for KW - Health Services for the Aged KW - history KW - Congresses KW - Social Conditions KW - Aged KW - legislation & jurisprudence KW - Social Support N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index; Legal aspects of care of the elderly in the ancient Near East. Introduction / R. Westbrook -- Care of the elderly in Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C. / C. Wilcke -- Care of the elderly in Mesopotamia in the old Babylonian period / M. Stol -- Old Assyrian and ancient Anatolian evidence for the care of the elderly / K. R. Veenhof -- Care of the elderly: the Neo-Babylonian period / G. Van Driel -- Legal aspects of care of the elderly in Egypt to the end of the new kingdom / A. McDowell -- Die Sorge fur die Alteren nach den Papyri / H.-A. Rupprecht -- Legal aspects of care of the elderly in the ancient Near East. Conclusion / R. Westbrook ER -