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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... phyle name ; 48 however , these texts are certainly examples of the well - known title wrt ḥts , as Dunham and Simpson have read them.49 The only clear example of jmj - wrt used as the name of a royal phyle occurs in a very curious ...
... phyle name ; 48 however , these texts are certainly examples of the well - known title wrt ḥts , as Dunham and Simpson have read them.49 The only clear example of jmj - wrt used as the name of a royal phyle occurs in a very curious ...
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... phyle . More importantly , only the first of the two st signs ( Kaplony's t3 ) is followed by a phyle determinative ; the groups below it do not name phyles but rather phyle divisions . These division names , in both cases , seem to ...
... phyle . More importantly , only the first of the two st signs ( Kaplony's t3 ) is followed by a phyle determinative ; the groups below it do not name phyles but rather phyle divisions . These division names , in both cases , seem to ...
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... phyle name and the ḥnt sign are in the reverse of their usual order ; however , in the only other occurrence of hnt in these texts ( F : 2 ) , the phyle name is opposite it to the left and therefore precedes it , since the left column ...
... phyle name and the ḥnt sign are in the reverse of their usual order ; however , in the only other occurrence of hnt in these texts ( F : 2 ) , the phyle name is opposite it to the left and therefore precedes it , since the left column ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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