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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... clearly refers to crews of workmen , not sailors ) , are two occurrences of the title < 3 n rjt.19 The first refers to a functionary attached to two boats of Amon ( Jmn - wsr - h3t and an unspecified wj3 n Jmn ) which , if they were ...
... clearly refers to crews of workmen , not sailors ) , are two occurrences of the title < 3 n rjt.19 The first refers to a functionary attached to two boats of Amon ( Jmn - wsr - h3t and an unspecified wj3 n Jmn ) which , if they were ...
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... clearly to be read t3 - wr , yet the st sign is embedded in the term . It is argued above that the writing simply incorporates two different terms for the same thing , or for related things . The st sign may have been included in a ...
... clearly to be read t3 - wr , yet the st sign is embedded in the term . It is argued above that the writing simply incorporates two different terms for the same thing , or for related things . The st sign may have been included in a ...
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... clearly not carved ) . Another text of this type is known that is identical to E : 2 except for the lack of a phyle name.124 The area under the serekh , where the phyle name occurs in E : 2 , is clearly uninscribed in this parallel ...
... clearly not carved ) . Another text of this type is known that is identical to E : 2 except for the lack of a phyle name.124 The area under the serekh , where the phyle name occurs in E : 2 , is clearly uninscribed in this parallel ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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