Gortun's Code - Gortun's Code

Japanese: ゴルテュン法典 - ゴルテュンほうてん

A large inscription from the 5th century BC unearthed at the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Gortyn in the south-central part of the Aegean island of Crete. It was carved into part of the curved inner wall of a small Roman theater and has been preserved in its original form to this day, but it is believed that this wall originally belonged to a Greek court building. The inscription consists of 12 columns, each of which has about 55 lines, with an average of just over 20 characters per line. It contains laws related to family and inheritance, as well as criminal law, civil procedure, and obligations and property law, and is commonly referred to as the "Gortyn Code" due to its size, the diversity of its provisions, and a certain coherence.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

エーゲ海クレタ島の中央南部，古代ギリシア都市ゴルテュンGortynの遺跡より出土した前5世紀の大碑文。ローマ時代の小劇場の湾曲した内壁の一部に刻まれ，現在もそのままの形で保存されているが，本来この壁面は，ギリシア時代の法廷の建物に属していたと推定されている。碑文は12欄columnから成り，各欄約55行，各行平均20字強を数える。親族･相続法を中心に，刑法，民事訴訟法，債権･物権法にかかわる事項をも交えた法律を刻み，その規模，規定の多様性とある種のまとまりによって〈ゴルテュン法典〉と通称される。

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