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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Page 123
... Lord of Two Lands . " This would assume a gang name " [ King X ] is the Lord of Two Lands . ” 18 The next face of the chisel is apparently the phyle name w3dt , though again there is no phyle determinative and the final t is lacking ...
... Lord of Two Lands . " This would assume a gang name " [ King X ] is the Lord of Two Lands . ” 18 The next face of the chisel is apparently the phyle name w3dt , though again there is no phyle determinative and the final t is lacking ...
Page 167
... lord " ( nb ) are references to the king . The same stepped structure is recorded in about twenty potmarks found at Abydos , in which the label inside the rectangle reads simply z3 - h3,110 apparently the immutable part of the same name ...
... lord " ( nb ) are references to the king . The same stepped structure is recorded in about twenty potmarks found at Abydos , in which the label inside the rectangle reads simply z3 - h3,110 apparently the immutable part of the same name ...
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... Lord / Horus , " would be an appropriate name for the monument that covered the king's burial chamber . Another factor to consider in this identification is that the hwt is so frequently associated in the texts of Category D with a ...
... Lord / Horus , " would be an appropriate name for the monument that covered the king's burial chamber . Another factor to consider in this identification is that the hwt is so frequently associated in the texts of Category D with a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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