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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... Fifth Dynasty by a number of plaques from the sun temple of Userkaf , 14 which , it will be argued , record the progress of phyles in construction work more explicitly . From the late Fifth and early Sixth Dynasties , two archives of ...
... Fifth Dynasty by a number of plaques from the sun temple of Userkaf , 14 which , it will be argued , record the progress of phyles in construction work more explicitly . From the late Fifth and early Sixth Dynasties , two archives of ...
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... Fifth Dynasty ) Moussa and Junge , Two Tombs of Craftsmen , pl . 8 ( 2 examples ) Tomb of 3htj - htp ( Louvre ) ( Fifth - Early Sixth Dynasty ) Boreaux , Études de nautique , pl . 1 ( opposite p . 272 ) Tomb of Tjj ( Late Fifth Dynasty ) ...
... Fifth Dynasty ) Moussa and Junge , Two Tombs of Craftsmen , pl . 8 ( 2 examples ) Tomb of 3htj - htp ( Louvre ) ( Fifth - Early Sixth Dynasty ) Boreaux , Études de nautique , pl . 1 ( opposite p . 272 ) Tomb of Tjj ( Late Fifth Dynasty ) ...
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... Fifth and Early Sixth Dynasties It is probably the great increase in documentation , perhaps in combination with unknown changes reflected in the increased importance of the solar religion , that led to the great prominence of phyle ...
... Fifth and Early Sixth Dynasties It is probably the great increase in documentation , perhaps in combination with unknown changes reflected in the increased importance of the solar religion , that led to the great prominence of phyle ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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