Coptos Decrees

Anonymous / royal chancery · c. 2300-1990 BC (a series of decrees spanning the late Old Kingdom through early Middle Kingdom) · Coptos (Egypt) · law

A series of royal decrees inscribed at the temple of Min exempt named priests and officials from labor conscription and taxation by name in the earlier group, while later, Eighth Dynasty decrees instead grant named appointments and promotions to officials such as Shemay and Idy, together showing royal favor exercised through precisely targeted legal action rather than general law.