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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... jar stand " is based on the use of the sign literally in the Eighteenth Dynasty and later . The single Old Kingdom example of such usage is extremely dubious . The group is translated “ jar stand ” in a Pyramid Text spell " in which Re ...
... jar stand " is based on the use of the sign literally in the Eighteenth Dynasty and later . The single Old Kingdom example of such usage is extremely dubious . The group is translated “ jar stand ” in a Pyramid Text spell " in which Re ...
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... jars that bear Category H texts were described as " vase " by Lacau and Lauer . The naming of years on these jars , combined with their shape , suggests that the texts gave the vintage of the contents , probably wine . The phyle name is ...
... jars that bear Category H texts were described as " vase " by Lacau and Lauer . The naming of years on these jars , combined with their shape , suggests that the texts gave the vintage of the contents , probably wine . The phyle name is ...
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... jars was larger and was written in a darker ink than the other signs on the same jars , implying that these signs were added at a different time.166 This may also be the explanation for the variation in size and orientation of the phyle ...
... jars was larger and was written in a darker ink than the other signs on the same jars , implying that these signs were added at a different time.166 This may also be the explanation for the variation in size and orientation of the phyle ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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