Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social OrganizationOriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1991 - 243 pages Groups of part-time workers called phyles served in mortuary cults and work crews during the Old Kingdom in Egypt. This study clarifies their attributes and functioning in these and other institutions, based on the integration of textual and archaeological evidence from the Old Kingdom and the Archaic period preceding it. The arguments suggest that phyles originated in an upper Egyptian social organization dated to the predynastic period, and that they played a more important role than is generally realized in the stability of the early Egyptian state. |
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Page 55
... dead and is thereby to be contrasted with earth . The < 3 sign , the gs sign , and the flat t3 sign are used frequently in these texts , but the plural strokes and the isolated gateway t3 sign do not occur at all , and the divine ...
... dead and is thereby to be contrasted with earth . The < 3 sign , the gs sign , and the flat t3 sign are used frequently in these texts , but the plural strokes and the isolated gateway t3 sign do not occur at all , and the divine ...
Page 168
... dead king might also be shown in the names by which they are identified . The scholars who favor making a distinction between living and dead kings based on their names usually regard the Horus name as identifying the living king , and ...
... dead king might also be shown in the names by which they are identified . The scholars who favor making a distinction between living and dead kings based on their names usually regard the Horus name as identifying the living king , and ...
Page 169
... dead king and each phyle had a store of its own equipment . That phyles also served in the palace of the living king during this period is not surprising , since the needs of the dead were modeled after the needs of the living . There ...
... dead king and each phyle had a store of its own equipment . That phyles also served in the palace of the living king during this period is not surprising , since the needs of the dead were modeled after the needs of the living . There ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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