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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... occur in tomb chapels where a phyle system was in use . Both of the Old Kingdom private tombs that had private boat burials41 are known to have organized the priests of their cult into phyles.42 The only other occurrence of any of these ...
... occur in tomb chapels where a phyle system was in use . Both of the Old Kingdom private tombs that had private boat burials41 are known to have organized the priests of their cult into phyles.42 The only other occurrence of any of these ...
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... occurs in the names of his successors.4 45 There are also grounds , however , for relating the falcons on standards to the phyles . The most striking reason is the fact that they never occur together in these texts . Even if they were ...
... occurs in the names of his successors.4 45 There are also grounds , however , for relating the falcons on standards to the phyles . The most striking reason is the fact that they never occur together in these texts . Even if they were ...
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... occur in sealings from Abydos and in ink inscriptions from Saqqara , but this hwt does not occur as a potmark . The hwt z3 - ḥ3 - nb , in contrast , is found in neither seal impressions nor in ink inscriptions but occurs frequently as a ...
... occur in sealings from Abydos and in ink inscriptions from Saqqara , but this hwt does not occur as a potmark . The hwt z3 - ḥ3 - nb , in contrast , is found in neither seal impressions nor in ink inscriptions but occurs frequently as a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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