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...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Опубликовано: |
2015
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Near Eastern archaeology
Год: 2015, Том: 78, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 228-235 |
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| Итог: | 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 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.78.4.0228 |
