Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social OrganizationGroups 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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Finally , there is a unique occurrence of the phyle name st in one of the
conversations recorded above the butchering scenes . t3jtj z3b t3tj . Saqqara , in
the cemetery north of the Teti pyramid , second tomb in from the enclosure wall .
Finally , there is a unique occurrence of the phyle name st in one of the
conversations recorded above the butchering scenes . t3jtj z3b t3tj . Saqqara , in
the cemetery north of the Teti pyramid , second tomb in from the enclosure wall .
Page 179
One would thus expect that the fourth occasion recorded in H : 3 dated to about
year 23 , probably of Ninetjer . H : 4 . 154 This text , on a fragment of a vessel of
unrecorded shape and material , is clearly marked with the name of the wr phyle .
One would thus expect that the fourth occasion recorded in H : 3 dated to about
year 23 , probably of Ninetjer . H : 4 . 154 This text , on a fragment of a vessel of
unrecorded shape and material , is clearly marked with the name of the wr phyle .
Page 180
1 : 2 . 158 This text appears from the drawing to have been written on a jar
decorated with a net of ropes carved in raised relief . One of these ropes divides
the inscription into two parts . To the right and below it is the same name
recorded in 1 ...
1 : 2 . 158 This text appears from the drawing to have been written on a jar
decorated with a net of ropes carved in raised relief . One of these ropes divides
the inscription into two parts . To the right and below it is the same name
recorded in 1 ...
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| Title | Egyptian Phyles in the Old Kingdom: The Evolution of a System of Social Organization Issue 48 of Studies in ancient oriental civilization, ISSN 0081-7554 |
| Author | Ann Macy Roth |
| Contributor | University of Chicago. Oriental Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0918986680, 9780918986689 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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