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The fact that papyrus documents are often associated with family archives shows us that the family was an important factor behind the production of private contracts. That is immediately clear in marriage contracts (4.1), for example, and in disputes over inherited property, as well as conflicts over broken marriage promises and outright resistance to an arranged marriage (10.5.4). Underlying the conveyance of property, wills, and often sales of property lay family relationships and their expectations. Among the strongest of these was the expectation that children would inherit the property of their parents.
In the previous chapter we have seen the extent to which the language of law was bound up with the various and diverse ethnic groups living in Egypt. One of the key issues in studying the papyri is the presence of Roman law found in the Egyptian documentation (3.3). Indeed Roman law had an important impact on family life, not only in the structure of particular texts such as wills but also in the realm of behavior. The reader may wish to start with 4.3 to gain a sense of the impact of Roman law on the family as it is reflected in the papyri.
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