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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... given in transliteration , while the names of kings will be spelled out . For the latter , I have used spellings based on the Egyptian forms rather than the Manethonian translations ( e.g. , Menkaure rather than Mycerinus ) . For kings ...
... given in transliteration , while the names of kings will be spelled out . For the latter , I have used spellings based on the Egyptian forms rather than the Manethonian translations ( e.g. , Menkaure rather than Mycerinus ) . For kings ...
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... given in these texts ) to the deceased . The example that Helck cited from the Coffin Texts is incorrect . In the spell he quoted , there are actually two variant orders : one with two terms , + and ; the other with all four of the ...
... given in these texts ) to the deceased . The example that Helck cited from the Coffin Texts is incorrect . In the spell he quoted , there are actually two variant orders : one with two terms , + and ; the other with all four of the ...
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... given in parenthesis to indicate that they do not properly belong to the corpus . C : 1.22 These fragments of a green schist plate from the Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara show the phyle , w3dtjw.23 The name Zmtj is given no royal title ...
... given in parenthesis to indicate that they do not properly belong to the corpus . C : 1.22 These fragments of a green schist plate from the Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara show the phyle , w3dtjw.23 The name Zmtj is given no royal title ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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