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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... gangs " ( prw ) . The pairing of gang names in temple reliefs that depict workers demonstrates the reality of the " crew " as a unit of organization , as does the paired distribution of gang names on the buildings themselves ( see below ) ...
... gangs " ( prw ) . The pairing of gang names in temple reliefs that depict workers demonstrates the reality of the " crew " as a unit of organization , as does the paired distribution of gang names on the buildings themselves ( see below ) ...
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... gang seems to have been the most important unit of organization . The texts inscribed on the side walls of the relieving chambers of the Great Pyramid name three gangs , each based on a different form of the king's name.26 Seven blocks ...
... gang seems to have been the most important unit of organization . The texts inscribed on the side walls of the relieving chambers of the Great Pyramid name three gangs , each based on a different form of the king's name.26 Seven blocks ...
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... gang name based on the name Khufu are on a higher course of masonry than the blocks marked with the Khnum - Khufu gang on the northern wall of the same chamber , so that there may also have been a new gang assigned to the north wall ...
... gang name based on the name Khufu are on a higher course of masonry than the blocks marked with the Khnum - Khufu gang on the northern wall of the same chamber , so that there may also have been a new gang assigned to the north wall ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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