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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2 = Hwt j25 | PT 时 shd zšw hrj - wdb 23 wr ( - nswt " Inspector of scribes , chief of
transport of goods for the royal administration , attached to the wr phyle " ( Name
lost ) 26 PY shd zów wr 23 “ Inspector of the wr phyle of scribes ” 3htj - htp27 fit ...
2 = Hwt j25 | PT 时 shd zšw hrj - wdb 23 wr ( - nswt " Inspector of scribes , chief of
transport of goods for the royal administration , attached to the wr phyle " ( Name
lost ) 26 PY shd zów wr 23 “ Inspector of the wr phyle of scribes ” 3htj - htp27 fit ...
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When the phyle system began to be adopted by wealthy officials , the name of the
priests of the starboard side may have been retained from the older system as a
substitute for the name of the wr phyle , perhaps because the use of this ...
When the phyle system began to be adopted by wealthy officials , the name of the
priests of the starboard side may have been retained from the older system as a
substitute for the name of the wr phyle , perhaps because the use of this ...
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This assumption implies that two phyles of the same gang were in service at the
same time in this mortuary temple , since blocks naming divisions of the wr phyle
alternate with blocks naming divisions of the w3dt phyle . This alternation cannot
...
This assumption implies that two phyles of the same gang were in service at the
same time in this mortuary temple , since blocks naming divisions of the wr phyle
alternate with blocks naming divisions of the w3dt phyle . This alternation cannot
...
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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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