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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... five phyles of the classical phyle system . That system is attested only in texts from the Third Dynasty mortuary temple of Djoser , in which five phyles are listed in an account of linen distribution ; the texts may be older than the ...
... five phyles of the classical phyle system . That system is attested only in texts from the Third Dynasty mortuary temple of Djoser , in which five phyles are listed in an account of linen distribution ; the texts may be older than the ...
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... five- and ten - fold storeroom groups . Less clear is the relationship of phyles to the sets of five shrines or statue chambers with which the storerooms are closely associated in many temples.55 The connection of the pattern of the ...
... five- and ten - fold storeroom groups . Less clear is the relationship of phyles to the sets of five shrines or statue chambers with which the storerooms are closely associated in many temples.55 The connection of the pattern of the ...
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... five shdw hmw - k3 and five jmjw - ht hmw - k3.72 Thus it is very probable that phyle organization was used in this tomb . t3jtj z3b t3tj . Location Saqqara , easternmost of the mastabas north of the pyramid of Teti I. Date Although the ...
... five shdw hmw - k3 and five jmjw - ht hmw - k3.72 Thus it is very probable that phyle organization was used in this tomb . t3jtj z3b t3tj . Location Saqqara , easternmost of the mastabas north of the pyramid of Teti I. Date Although the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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