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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... Edel pointed out that this group is always attached to another title and that its purpose is to specify the phyle in which that office was performed . " In order to reconcile the existence of this sixth phyle with the well - attested ...
... Edel pointed out that this group is always attached to another title and that its purpose is to specify the phyle in which that office was performed . " In order to reconcile the existence of this sixth phyle with the well - attested ...
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... Edel : the two w3d signs correspond to each of the two division names , and → , depicted on an adjacent face of the chisel.82 Even if the writing of the phyle name on this chisel is interpreted as a dual , the piece itself is ill ...
... Edel : the two w3d signs correspond to each of the two division names , and → , depicted on an adjacent face of the chisel.82 Even if the writing of the phyle name on this chisel is interpreted as a dual , the piece itself is ill ...
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... Edel , in his discussion of these texts , concluded that they belonged to only two phyles : the wr / jmj - wrt phyle and the jmj - nfrt phyle.48 Posener - Kriéger and Helck50 both rightly concluded that the name read wr by Edel in texts ...
... Edel , in his discussion of these texts , concluded that they belonged to only two phyles : the wr / jmj - wrt phyle and the jmj - nfrt phyle.48 Posener - Kriéger and Helck50 both rightly concluded that the name read wr by Edel in texts ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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