Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social OrganizationGroups 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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No division is mentioned after the name , while the phyles mentioned on this and
the other tablets have at least one division specified . None of the other tablets
mention more than one phyle . And each of the other tablets gives a compass ...
No division is mentioned after the name , while the phyles mentioned on this and
the other tablets have at least one division specified . None of the other tablets
mention more than one phyle . And each of the other tablets gives a compass ...
Page 125
Since no other organizational groups are mentioned and the original patterning
of the texts on the monument cannot be reconstructed , it is difficult to say much
about the organization of work crews during this reign . In the following reign of ...
Since no other organizational groups are mentioned and the original patterning
of the texts on the monument cannot be reconstructed , it is difficult to say much
about the organization of work crews during this reign . In the following reign of ...
Page 181
It is interesting , however , that personal names seem to correlate with the phyle
mentioned . An interpretation that would account for this correlation would be to
refer again to the " parasite ” phyles in the Neferirkare papyri , 168 in which a ...
It is interesting , however , that personal names seem to correlate with the phyle
mentioned . An interpretation that would account for this correlation would be to
refer again to the " parasite ” phyles in the Neferirkare papyri , 168 in which a ...
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| Title | Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social Organization Issue 48 of Studies in ancient oriental civilization, ISSN 0081-7554 |
| Author | Ann Macy Roth |
| Contributor | University of Chicago. Oriental Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0918986680, 9780918986689 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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