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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... phyle was beginning its first month of service on the project , so there is no previous work to be recorded . Six months later , the division of the jmj - nfrt phyle came into service for at least the second time , since twenty - two ...
... phyle was beginning its first month of service on the project , so there is no previous work to be recorded . Six months later , the division of the jmj - nfrt phyle came into service for at least the second time , since twenty - two ...
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... jmj - nfrt phyle is written with a sign that is not easily identified ( see fig . 9.2 ) . Helck interpreted this sign as the white crown , 19 which in the New Kingdom is sometimes read nfr , but this explanation fails to explain the two ...
... jmj - nfrt phyle is written with a sign that is not easily identified ( see fig . 9.2 ) . Helck interpreted this sign as the white crown , 19 which in the New Kingdom is sometimes read nfr , but this explanation fails to explain the two ...
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... jmj - r 10 , 121 3 3h , 146 J jwn knmwt , 100 jbz3 , 148 jmj 3bd , 96 , 116 jmjw - wrt ( in Coffin Text ) , 56 jmj - wr ( “ west ” ) , 18 , 98 , 112 jmj - wrt phyle and variants . See Index II : phyles , named jmj - wrt ( non - phyle ...
... jmj - r 10 , 121 3 3h , 146 J jwn knmwt , 100 jbz3 , 148 jmj 3bd , 96 , 116 jmjw - wrt ( in Coffin Text ) , 56 jmj - wr ( “ west ” ) , 18 , 98 , 112 jmj - wrt phyle and variants . See Index II : phyles , named jmj - wrt ( non - phyle ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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