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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... body are different and the tail is not closed at the end . 24. Lacau and Lauer , Pyramide à degrés IV , pl . 4 : # 19 . 25. See J. E. Quibell , Hierakonpolis I ( London , 1900 ) pl . 26B ; and Kaplony , Inschriften 3 : # 839 . 26. Lacau ...
... body are different and the tail is not closed at the end . 24. Lacau and Lauer , Pyramide à degrés IV , pl . 4 : # 19 . 25. See J. E. Quibell , Hierakonpolis I ( London , 1900 ) pl . 26B ; and Kaplony , Inschriften 3 : # 839 . 26. Lacau ...
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... body was prepared , and which was approached by water . 146 The royal equivalent of this structure was the valley temple , and these texts may refer to a Second Dynasty version of that structure . In that case , these texts would be ...
... body was prepared , and which was approached by water . 146 The royal equivalent of this structure was the valley temple , and these texts may refer to a Second Dynasty version of that structure . In that case , these texts would be ...
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... body of the sign is reminiscent of the mane that covers the upper half of a baboon's body in later hieratic representations of the sign ( see fig . 9.3 ) .21 The baboon is also used quite regularly in later periods to write nfr ...
... body of the sign is reminiscent of the mane that covers the upper half of a baboon's body in later hieratic representations of the sign ( see fig . 9.3 ) .21 The baboon is also used quite regularly in later periods to write nfr ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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