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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... as a rule , organized into phyles , is the complete lack of any mention of phyles in the numerous captions over scenes of boats in private tombs . These are not few in number , and the boatmen in such scenes frequently call out to one ...
... as a rule , organized into phyles , is the complete lack of any mention of phyles in the numerous captions over scenes of boats in private tombs . These are not few in number , and the boatmen in such scenes frequently call out to one ...
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The Evolution of a System of Social Organization Ann Macy Roth. this is perhaps a reference to a w'b who served in a sphere where the older organization was still used . It is thus difficult to say whether w'bw were organized into phyles ...
The Evolution of a System of Social Organization Ann Macy Roth. this is perhaps a reference to a w'b who served in a sphere where the older organization was still used . It is thus difficult to say whether w'bw were organized into phyles ...
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... in doing stp z3 , in making the way of the king , and in standing in attendance . " 217 The number of overseers of hntjw - š pr - 3 is tantalizingly close to the five one would expect if hntjw - š pr - 3 were organized into phyles like ...
... in doing stp z3 , in making the way of the king , and in standing in attendance . " 217 The number of overseers of hntjw - š pr - 3 is tantalizingly close to the five one would expect if hntjw - š pr - 3 were organized into phyles like ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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