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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are to the left of this doorway ; the wall facing it , which would correspond to the
wall with the circumcision scenes in the tomb of ( nh - m - C - Hr , is not preserved
. If the Hntj - k3 scenes also depict parts of a circumcision ritual , the connection ...
are to the left of this doorway ; the wall facing it , which would correspond to the
wall with the circumcision scenes in the tomb of ( nh - m - C - Hr , is not preserved
. If the Hntj - k3 scenes also depict parts of a circumcision ritual , the connection ...
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INC ery gazelles . ” If these athletic competitions were part of a circumcision
ceremony , as suggested by the grooming scenes and the presence of ka -
priests in the Hntjk3 parallel , phyles must have been connected with that
ceremony .
INC ery gazelles . ” If these athletic competitions were part of a circumcision
ceremony , as suggested by the grooming scenes and the presence of ka -
priests in the Hntjk3 parallel , phyles must have been connected with that
ceremony .
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These provincial texts suggest that sponsoring a circumcision ceremony was an
expensive undertaking , comparable to equipping a tomb . Anyone who
undertook such an expense was making a valuable contribution which he might
boast ...
These provincial texts suggest that sponsoring a circumcision ceremony was an
expensive undertaking , comparable to equipping a tomb . Anyone who
undertook such an expense was making a valuable contribution which he might
boast ...
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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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