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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... placed as accurately as possible around them ( the various suggested dates are discussed in the individual entries ) . Where the title of vizier is held , only that title is listed , since it is clearly the highest title held ...
... placed as accurately as possible around them ( the various suggested dates are discussed in the individual entries ) . Where the title of vizier is held , only that title is listed , since it is clearly the highest title held ...
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... placed on end.33 He also suggested that each block was originally inscribed identically on all four 30. Nour et al . , Cheops Boat , pl . 11 . 31. Reisner , Mycerinus , plan 11 and Appendix E , pp . 273–77 . 32. In 1982 only one of ...
... placed on end.33 He also suggested that each block was originally inscribed identically on all four 30. Nour et al . , Cheops Boat , pl . 11 . 31. Reisner , Mycerinus , plan 11 and Appendix E , pp . 273–77 . 32. In 1982 only one of ...
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... placed at an angle to them . Kaplony considered this text a reference to the w3d phyle . 163 I : 4.164 This text is identical to that of I : 3 , except that the sign to the right of the name is vertical and broken at the top . If it is ...
... placed at an angle to them . Kaplony considered this text a reference to the w3d phyle . 163 I : 4.164 This text is identical to that of I : 3 , except that the sign to the right of the name is vertical and broken at the top . If it is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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