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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... circumcision depicted in the parallel scene in the tomb of ' nh - m -- Hr . Interestingly , scenes of boys playing have been linked with circumcision . before . In 1931 , Capart suggested such a connection , which he based chiefly on ...
... circumcision depicted in the parallel scene in the tomb of ' nh - m -- Hr . Interestingly , scenes of boys playing have been linked with circumcision . before . In 1931 , Capart suggested such a connection , which he based chiefly on ...
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... circumcision ceremony , as suggested by the grooming scenes and the presence of ka - priests in the Ḥntj- k3 parallel , phyles must have been connected with that ceremony . The most likely connection would be that the ritual of circumcision ...
... circumcision ceremony , as suggested by the grooming scenes and the presence of ka - priests in the Ḥntj- k3 parallel , phyles must have been connected with that ceremony . The most likely connection would be that the ritual of circumcision ...
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... circumcision of the young . 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 ...
... circumcision of the young . 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 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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