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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... seems not to have been formalized or mandatory since all the documents use different phrases to specify the conditions of service . 6.4 . FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVATE PHYLES In general , it may be concluded that the use of phyle ...
... seems not to have been formalized or mandatory since all the documents use different phrases to specify the conditions of service . 6.4 . FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVATE PHYLES In general , it may be concluded that the use of phyle ...
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... seems a poor counterpart to a heavenly throne ; it seems more reasonable to equate hnt with some sort of building , as the determinative seems to suggest . The provisioning of some place within an institution accords well with the ...
... seems a poor counterpart to a heavenly throne ; it seems more reasonable to equate hnt with some sort of building , as the determinative seems to suggest . The provisioning of some place within an institution accords well with the ...
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... seems one of almost unnatural tranquility . The system of phyles prevented any of the potentially rival institutions from developing into a base of power strong enough to threaten the central royal administration . When the central ...
... seems one of almost unnatural tranquility . The system of phyles prevented any of the potentially rival institutions from developing into a base of power strong enough to threaten the central royal administration . When the central ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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