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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... tomb chapels where a phyle system was in use . Both of the Old Kingdom private tombs that had private boat burials41 are known to have organized the priests of their cult into phyles.42 The only other occurrence of any of these terms in ...
... tomb chapels where a phyle system was in use . Both of the Old Kingdom private tombs that had private boat burials41 are known to have organized the priests of their cult into phyles.42 The only other occurrence of any of these terms in ...
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... private tombs did not serve in rotation . Two tombs , that of ' nh - m -'- R ' ( no . 6 ) and that of an unknown person ( no . 29 ) , refer to the monthly service of the phyles in private tombs . Priests are labeled + , z3 n hmw - k3 ...
... private tombs did not serve in rotation . Two tombs , that of ' nh - m -'- R ' ( no . 6 ) and that of an unknown person ( no . 29 ) , refer to the monthly service of the phyles in private tombs . Priests are labeled + , z3 n hmw - k3 ...
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... private tomb owner and , possibly , by a prohibition against using the name of the wr phyle in a private context . In the case of the royal system , as reflected in the Neferirkare papyri , priests seem to have received their income as ...
... private tomb owner and , possibly , by a prohibition against using the name of the wr phyle in a private context . In the case of the royal system , as reflected in the Neferirkare papyri , priests seem to have received their income as ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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