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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... origin of the phyles known from priesthoods and work crews , combined with the use of the system in work crews and the low level of the functionaries who were organized into phyles during the Middle Kingdom and later , has led to an ...
... origin of the phyles known from priesthoods and work crews , combined with the use of the system in work crews and the low level of the functionaries who were organized into phyles during the Middle Kingdom and later , has led to an ...
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... origin , were it not for the top of the group hm - k3 just above the lower break . Unknown . Location The publication gives Deir el - Ballas as the provenience . This is very improbable , as the piece is clearly from the Old Kingdom ...
... origin , were it not for the top of the group hm - k3 just above the lower break . Unknown . Location The publication gives Deir el - Ballas as the provenience . This is very improbable , as the piece is clearly from the Old Kingdom ...
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... origin of the two systems in clan groups named for mythical patrons or ancestors . 9.2 . THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES Another clue to the origin of Egyptian phyles can be found in the names they were given . Unlike the ...
... origin of the two systems in clan groups named for mythical patrons or ancestors . 9.2 . THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES Another clue to the origin of Egyptian phyles can be found in the names they were given . Unlike the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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