171: Law & Order (Special Ma'at Unit)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Horemheb's Great Decree. Sometime during his reign, King Horemheb proclaimed a new set of laws. Taking aim at corruption and abuses-of-power (allegedly happening throughout Egypt), the pharaoh went hard on corrective measures. Punishments could range from beatings to disfigurement, exile, and death. Horemheb was not messing around. But what was he really trying to achieve? Episode details, pictures and references at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Intro music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net Interludes and Outro music by Luke Chaos www.twitter.com/luke_chaos Select Bibliography: C. Eyre, The Use of Documents in Pharaonic Egypt (2013). A. Gnirs, ‘Haremhab - ein Staatsreformator? Neue Betrachtungen zum Haremhab-Dekret’, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 16 (1989), 83–110. A. M. Gnirs, Militär und Gesellschaft: Ein Beitrag zur Sozialgeschichte des Neuen Reiches (1996). A. M. Gnirs, ‘Coping With the Army: The Military and the State in the New Kingdom’, in J. C. Moreno García (ed.), Ancient Egyptian Administration (2013), 639—717. R. Hari, Horemheb et la reine Moutnedjemet ou la fin d’une Dynastie (1965). W. Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie: Ubersetzung zu den Heften 17–22 (1961). J.-M. Kruchten, Le décret d’Horemheb: traduction, commentaire épigraphique, philologique et institutionnel (1981). K. Pflüger, ‘The Edict of King Haremhab’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 5 (1946), 260–76. G. de la Bédoyere, Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamen’s Dynasty (2022) and "Horemheb, the 'Enlightened Despot,'" https://youtu.be/-jCEo21_hK4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	Salam alaikum, peace be upon you.
0:47.0	Welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast, episode 171,
0:52.0	Law and Order, Special Mahat Unit.
0:56.0	Today, King Horomheim unveils one of his most famous projects,
1:01.0	a great decree stipulating new rules and regulations for Egypt's privileged and powerful.
1:08.0	He promotes a new vision of justice.
1:12.0	This episode comes to you as an offering by Katie,
1:15.0	to join the Patreon as a priest. Katie, thank you kindly, you are too generous.
1:21.0	May your priesthood, which began in the days of Joseph Keparu Ra,
1:25.0	Horomheim, endure for all your days.
1:29.0	May your temple thrive and your offerings last forever.
1:33.0	To everyone listening, thank you for joining me.
1:36.0	Come, let us take up our writing palette,
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