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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... associated with the ascent and jmj - wrt , the west , with the descent . However , in the more direct associations , the west is usually associated with heaven and the east with earth ; possibly because the west is also the realm of the ...
... associated with the ascent and jmj - wrt , the west , with the descent . However , in the more direct associations , the west is usually associated with heaven and the east with earth ; possibly because the west is also the realm of the ...
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... associated with two cobras , coiled as if to strike ; the nds phyle is associated with a pair of scorpions ; and the jmj - nfrt phyle is associated with a pair of baboons . In her discussion of this papyrus , 6. A. Nibbi , " The Stt ...
... associated with two cobras , coiled as if to strike ; the nds phyle is associated with a pair of scorpions ; and the jmj - nfrt phyle is associated with a pair of baboons . In her discussion of this papyrus , 6. A. Nibbi , " The Stt ...
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... associated with phyles , 200-05 as collection of faunal classes , 201 , 206 as later nome standards , 208 in the predynastic period , 208 Apis bull , 179 Apophis , 56 , 205 apprenticeships , 82 Apries ( king ) , 203 archaism , 20 , 194 ...
... associated with phyles , 200-05 as collection of faunal classes , 201 , 206 as later nome standards , 208 in the predynastic period , 208 Apis bull , 179 Apophis , 56 , 205 apprenticeships , 82 Apries ( king ) , 203 archaism , 20 , 194 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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