Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt

John Bauschatz surveys the institutions and practices of law enforcement, policing and criminal adjudication in Ptolemaic Egypt from 332 to 30 BCE, drawing on an exceptional archive of surviving papyri. The scholarly study reconstructs in granular detail how Greek and Egyptian authorities pursued thieves, mediated disputes and maintained civic order in the ancient Hellenistic world.

ISBN 9781107420618 · Cambridge University Press · 2013