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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... hieroglyphs and 38 additional , non - standard hieroglyphs necessary to produce this manuscript . The fonts , CuneiformOriental and Greek Times , used to produce all of the non - hieroglyphic text herein were designed by Lloyd Anderson ...
... hieroglyphs and 38 additional , non - standard hieroglyphs necessary to produce this manuscript . The fonts , CuneiformOriental and Greek Times , used to produce all of the non - hieroglyphic text herein were designed by Lloyd Anderson ...
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... hieroglyphs that mark the exact placement of the boards are quite elaborate . The unaccompanied st sign that is used in these texts for the port bow quadrant is especially puzzling ; only here is the nautical term written exactly like ...
... hieroglyphs that mark the exact placement of the boards are quite elaborate . The unaccompanied st sign that is used in these texts for the port bow quadrant is especially puzzling ; only here is the nautical term written exactly like ...
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... hieroglyphs of Zmtj's name are arranged off center to the right to allow for the expansion at the bottom of the group . It is also plain that the lines of the hieroglyphs of the phyle name are of an even thickness , like those in the ...
... hieroglyphs of Zmtj's name are arranged off center to the right to allow for the expansion at the bottom of the group . It is also plain that the lines of the hieroglyphs of the phyle name are of an even thickness , like those in the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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