Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social OrganizationGroups 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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Ink Inscriptions on G VI S at Giza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 3 . A Phyle Name
from the Storerooms of Mereruka 2 . 4 . Titles from the Mortuary Temple of Pepi I
2 . 5 . Hieratic Signs from the Abu Sir Papyri 2 . 6 . The Form of the Second Phyle
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Ink Inscriptions on G VI S at Giza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 3 . A Phyle Name
from the Storerooms of Mereruka 2 . 4 . Titles from the Mortuary Temple of Pepi I
2 . 5 . Hieratic Signs from the Abu Sir Papyri 2 . 6 . The Form of the Second Phyle
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Location Giza 7837 + 7843 , a rock - cut tomb , east of the pyramid of Khufu and
north of the Khafre valley temple . Date Porter and Moss dated this tomb to the
first half of the Fifth Dynasty , 28 while Baer assigned it to the later part of the Fifth
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Location Giza 7837 + 7843 , a rock - cut tomb , east of the pyramid of Khufu and
north of the Khafre valley temple . Date Porter and Moss dated this tomb to the
first half of the Fifth Dynasty , 28 while Baer assigned it to the later part of the Fifth
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9 shows an inscribed flake from Giza , ? which gives the phyle name st and two of
its divisions , with each division followed by a personal name . The men named
share the title “ overseer of ten , ” which implies that , at least in this case , the ...
9 shows an inscribed flake from Giza , ? which gives the phyle name st and two of
its divisions , with each division followed by a personal name . The men named
share the title “ overseer of ten , ” which implies that , at least in this case , the ...
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| Title | Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social Organization Issue 48 of Studies in ancient oriental civilization, ISSN 0081-7554 |
| Author | Ann Macy Roth |
| Contributor | University of Chicago. Oriental Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0918986680, 9780918986689 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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