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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... probably , as s Lauer and Lacau read it , 199 , swwt - nrw . This building is mentioned in the annals of the Old ... probably a name or title , but it is difficult to determine which , or how it should be read . The last sign is probably ...
... probably , as s Lauer and Lacau read it , 199 , swwt - nrw . This building is mentioned in the annals of the Old ... probably a name or title , but it is difficult to determine which , or how it should be read . The last sign is probably ...
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... probably to be read df3w - B3s ( tt ) followed by the damaged name of a phyle and the sign ḥnt . The anomalous writing of df3w was attributed by Lacau and Lauer to the hardness of the stone ; this is the only text of this type inscribed ...
... probably to be read df3w - B3s ( tt ) followed by the damaged name of a phyle and the sign ḥnt . The anomalous writing of df3w was attributed by Lacau and Lauer to the hardness of the stone ; this is the only text of this type inscribed ...
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... probably refers to a royal vineyard from which this wine - jar seal came . The z3 sign is again hard to explain ... probably to be identified with the royal palace ( Category C ) ; the hwt z3 - h3 - nb , probably the royal mortuary cult ...
... probably refers to a royal vineyard from which this wine - jar seal came . The z3 sign is again hard to explain ... probably to be identified with the royal palace ( Category C ) ; the hwt z3 - h3 - nb , probably the royal mortuary cult ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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