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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The gangs then divided the area for which they were responsible into a northern
and a southern sector , within which the phyles and divisions that composed
them worked . Each division would have been assigned one massive block of
each ...
The gangs then divided the area for which they were responsible into a northern
and a southern sector , within which the phyles and divisions that composed
them worked . Each division would have been assigned one massive block of
each ...
Page 139
It is assumed that the phyle divisions rotated in their standard phyle order , either
in a five - month cycle with both divisions of a phyle serving at the ... Phyles
whose rotation is restored are given in parentheses ; division names are omitted .
It is assumed that the phyle divisions rotated in their standard phyle order , either
in a five - month cycle with both divisions of a phyle serving at the ... Phyles
whose rotation is restored are given in parentheses ; division names are omitted .
Page 159
The strokes that follow the phyle sign in examples D : 4 , D : 5 , D : 7 , and D : 9
are almost certainly indications of divisions within a phyle , as Edel suggested .
73 They are paralleled by examples that date to the Old Kingdom . The extra ...
The strokes that follow the phyle sign in examples D : 4 , D : 5 , D : 7 , and D : 9
are almost certainly indications of divisions within a phyle , as Edel suggested .
73 They are paralleled by examples that date to the Old Kingdom . The extra ...
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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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