In their
tombs, deceased persons are described as imakhu (‘honoured’) by
Osiris: in other words, their needs in afterlife were satisfied because of
their association with him. The concept of imakhu (which can also be
translated as ‘being provided for’) was an expression of a remarkable
moral dictum that ran through all levels of Egyptian society and that
corrected the extreme cases of social inequality: it was the duty of a
more influential and richer person to take care of the poor and socially
disadvantaged in the same wayas the head of a family was responsible
for all of its members.

The Oxford Guide To Ancient Egypt (via the-typhonian)

it was the duty of a more influential and richer person to take care of the poor and socially disadvantaged in the same ways the head of a family was responsible for all of its members.

(via thetwistedrope)