Crime and Punishment in Pharaonic Egypt
This article provides an overview of crime and punishment in ancient Egypt. Sources for crimes and punishments are mainly texts, but no criminal law code is preserved. Evidence for crimes against the state or king comprises treason, lese majesty, and desertion, those against other human beings killi...
| Published in: | Near Eastern archaeology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2015
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Near Eastern archaeology
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| Summary: | This article provides an overview of crime and punishment in ancient Egypt. Sources for crimes and punishments are mainly texts, but no criminal law code is preserved. Evidence for crimes against the state or king comprises treason, lese majesty, and desertion, those against other human beings killings, injuries, adultery and rape, robbery and theft. Punishments are the death penalty, corporal punishments, forced labor, deprivation of property or degradation, but not imprisonment. Torture is widespread. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.78.4.0228 |