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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... single sign , though it is interesting to note that in two of the better copies ( where t3 - wr rather than jmj - wrt is correctly related to the eastern hand of Atum ) a wr bird is inserted after the following adjective 3. Spell 672 ...
... single sign , though it is interesting to note that in two of the better copies ( where t3 - wr rather than jmj - wrt is correctly related to the eastern hand of Atum ) a wr bird is inserted after the following adjective 3. Spell 672 ...
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... single central column . Although these last three signs are centered at the base of the right column , Lacau and Lauer interpreted tp mr as a separate group between the columns and tentatively translated ' nh swwt as a building name ...
... single central column . Although these last three signs are centered at the base of the right column , Lacau and Lauer interpreted tp mr as a separate group between the columns and tentatively translated ' nh swwt as a building name ...
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... single text as the title " ḥm z3 šmj , " 211 which he cited as an example of " die oberägyptische Phyle . " 212 There are no parallels for such a title nor does it make much sense . In addition to the unexplained interposition of ḥm ...
... single text as the title " ḥm z3 šmj , " 211 which he cited as an example of " die oberägyptische Phyle . " 212 There are no parallels for such a title nor does it make much sense . In addition to the unexplained interposition of ḥm ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE NAMES OF THE PHYLES | 9 |
PHYLES AND SHIPS WATCHES | 41 |
Copyright | |
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