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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... examples where it occurs alone in the nautical term ; however , none of these examples are without problems . The example of the term on the Lisht block cannot be used in this argument , since it is broken at the crucial point . " The ...
... examples where it occurs alone in the nautical term ; however , none of these examples are without problems . The example of the term on the Lisht block cannot be used in this argument , since it is broken at the crucial point . " The ...
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... examples found in the mastaba of Nj - hft - k3j at Saqqara.93 All of these examples are almost certainly abbreviated writings of the name . On the chisel , the phyle sign was also omitted , while in the G VI S texts the abbreviation ...
... examples found in the mastaba of Nj - hft - k3j at Saqqara.93 All of these examples are almost certainly abbreviated writings of the name . On the chisel , the phyle sign was also omitted , while in the G VI S texts the abbreviation ...
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... examples D : 4 , D : 5 , D : 7 , and D : 9 are almost certainly indications of divisions within a phyle , as Edel suggested.13 They are paralleled by examples that date to the Old Kingdom . The extra hieroglyphs are more difficult to ...
... examples D : 4 , D : 5 , D : 7 , and D : 9 are almost certainly indications of divisions within a phyle , as Edel suggested.13 They are paralleled by examples that date to the Old Kingdom . The extra hieroglyphs are more difficult to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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