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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17 The texts were written in red ink on most of the blocks on this face of the
mastaba , in rough hieroglyphs rather than hieratic , and are badly worn . Two
work gangs of Menkaure are mentioned , one of which was transcribed by Junker
as and ...
17 The texts were written in red ink on most of the blocks on this face of the
mastaba , in rough hieroglyphs rather than hieratic , and are badly worn . Two
work gangs of Menkaure are mentioned , one of which was transcribed by Junker
as and ...
Page 134
These texts are quite informative despite the fact that their function is not entirely
clear . They seem in some way to record the progress of the work . Edel , in his
discussion of these texts , concluded that they belonged to only two phyles : the
wr ...
These texts are quite informative despite the fact that their function is not entirely
clear . They seem in some way to record the progress of the work . Edel , in his
discussion of these texts , concluded that they belonged to only two phyles : the
wr ...
Page 154
The most striking reason is the fact that they never occur together in these texts .
Even if they were added at different times , they may have been perceived as
serving the same purpose . The occurrence of falcons on standards in other texts
...
The most striking reason is the fact that they never occur together in these texts .
Even if they were added at different times , they may have been perceived as
serving the same purpose . The occurrence of falcons on standards in other texts
...
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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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