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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... sarcophagus in Leiden , 43 the mortuary temple of Niuserre , and these papyri , so it is not known whether he listed estates of Neferirkare in his tomb . Interestingly , however , none of the officials who do list estates of Neferirkare ...
... sarcophagus in Leiden , 43 the mortuary temple of Niuserre , and these papyri , so it is not known whether he listed estates of Neferirkare in his tomb . Interestingly , however , none of the officials who do list estates of Neferirkare ...
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... sarcophagus , as is the " good name " Tfj . That the title of " vizier " and the " good name " do not occur anywhere else in the tomb suggests that the sarcophagus belonged to a later , intrusive burial . 49. Lepsius , Denkmäler 2 : 73 ...
... sarcophagus , as is the " good name " Tfj . That the title of " vizier " and the " good name " do not occur anywhere else in the tomb suggests that the sarcophagus belonged to a later , intrusive burial . 49. Lepsius , Denkmäler 2 : 73 ...
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... sarcophagus in the burial shaft of Pth - htp II are taken to be his ) . All four of the women were royal wives , and at least four of the viziers were married to king's daughters.89 That viziers and king's wives had mortuary cults that ...
... sarcophagus in the burial shaft of Pth - htp II are taken to be his ) . All four of the women were royal wives , and at least four of the viziers were married to king's daughters.89 That viziers and king's wives had mortuary cults that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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