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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... painted , rather than decorated in raised relief . Nor are the style of the carving and the apparent position of the tomb owner consistent with a provincial origin . The piece is most likely to have come from Giza or Saqqara . Date The ...
... painted , rather than decorated in raised relief . Nor are the style of the carving and the apparent position of the tomb owner consistent with a provincial origin . The piece is most likely to have come from Giza or Saqqara . Date The ...
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... paint and the failure to carve a sign was not noticeable while the color remained.26 None of the kings mentioned are given royal titles in this example . C : 3.27 This fragment of a schist vessel ( the color was not noted in the ...
... paint and the failure to carve a sign was not noticeable while the color remained.26 None of the kings mentioned are given royal titles in this example . C : 3.27 This fragment of a schist vessel ( the color was not noted in the ...
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... painted on Gerzean jars , may have been meant to record the participation of the groups they identified in hunts or rituals . The importance of these standards is indicated by their frequency , and also by the fact that many of them ...
... painted on Gerzean jars , may have been meant to record the participation of the groups they identified in hunts or rituals . The importance of these standards is indicated by their frequency , and also by the fact that many of them ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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