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* How severe harsh were laws inforced?

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Law and the Legal System in Ancient Egypt

Criminal Law

From court documents at Deir el-Medina, we know that punishment for stolen or embezzled goods might be as simple as the return of the goods with a fine of twice their value. Simple corporal punishment could involve a hundred strokes of the cane and in more serious cases, 5 bleeding cuts added, or brands as a sign of permanent dishonor.



The Pharaoh himself might very well decide the most important criminal cases, or at other times he might appoint a special commission with full authority to pass judgement.

Some crimes were punished with mutilation consisting of cutting off a hand, tongue, nose or ears. In extreme cases, capital punishment was inflicted by implement on a stake, burning alive, drowning or decapitation. Because the guilty had violated Ma'at, it was also assumed the individual would suffer failure, poverty, sickness, blindness or deafness, with the final settlement awaiting in the Court of the Dead. [Source]

Beheading

The Egyptians, however, seem to have employed this mutilation very rarely, except in the earliest times (first and second dynasties). Their belief that life has its seat in the head, and that Beheading means, therefore, a destruction of the soul's second existence—Beheading thus was reserved for the worst criminals as bringing double and eternal death—may possibly furnish a clue for the importance attached to the head as a trophy, among ancient nations.




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* How severe harsh were laws inforced?[/qb]

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Law and the Legal System in Ancient Egypt

Criminal Law

From court documents at Deir el-Medina, we know that punishment for stolen or embezzled goods might be as simple as the return of the goods with a fine of twice their value. Simple corporal punishment could involve a hundred strokes of the cane and in more serious cases, 5 bleeding cuts added, or brands as a sign of permanent dishonor.


The Pharaoh himself might very well decide the most important criminal cases, or at other times he might appoint a special commission with full authority to pass judgement.

Some crimes were punished with mutilation consisting of cutting off a hand, tongue, nose or ears. In extreme cases, capital punishment was inflicted by implement on a stake, burning alive, drowning or decapitation. Because the guilty had violated Ma'at, it was also assumed the individual would suffer failure, poverty, sickness, blindness or deafness, with the final settlement awaiting in the Court of the Dead. [Source]

Beheading

The Egyptians, however, seem to have employed this mutilation very rarely, except in the earliest times (first and second dynasties). Their belief that life has its seat in the head, and that Beheading means, therefore, a destruction of the soul's second existence—Beheading thus was reserved for the worst criminals as bringing double and eternal death—may possibly furnish a clue for the importance attached to the head as a trophy, among ancient nations.

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Egypt was a very hierarchal society.

Technically the head of the state was the Pharoah, although in certain periods like the New Kingdoms it was the priesthood that had true supreme power. After the Pharoah was the priesthood; after them were the nobles and administrators, and so on and so on. The foundation of the heirachy were the farmers and agriculturalists whose produce supplied the country. At the very bottom of the rung were slaves although these were in small numbers.

Al though the Pharoah had power of state. Most peoples were only affected by local rule such as governors and administrators.

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Egypt was a very hierarchal society.

Technically the head of the state was the Pharoah, although in certain periods like the New Kingdoms it was the priesthood that had true supreme power. After the Pharoah was the priesthood; after them were the nobles and administrators, and so on and so on. The foundation of the heirachy were the farmers and agriculturalists whose produce supplied the country. At the very bottom of the rung were slaves although these were in small numbers.

Al though the Pharoah had power of state. Most peoples were only affected by local rule such as governors and administrators.

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