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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( The post - Old Kingdom instances do not use the sign A at all , but are written
with a t3 sign ( wn or ] and a wr bird ; they not discussed here since none of these
signs were ever used in writing the name of the phyle . ) These examples are ...
( The post - Old Kingdom instances do not use the sign A at all , but are written
with a t3 sign ( wn or ] and a wr bird ; they not discussed here since none of these
signs were ever used in writing the name of the phyle . ) These examples are ...
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81 Here the phyle name is written very curiously with two w3d signs ... 82 Even if
the writing name on this chisel is interpreted as a dual , the piece itself is ill -
suited to indicate a transitional stage , since it is dated to the Fourth Dynasty ,
while ...
81 Here the phyle name is written very curiously with two w3d signs ... 82 Even if
the writing name on this chisel is interpreted as a dual , the piece itself is ill -
suited to indicate a transitional stage , since it is dated to the Fourth Dynasty ,
while ...
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+ 48 * * * The name of the jmj - nfrt phyle is also comparatively unambiguous in
its writing ; in all but one instance it is written with signs with well - established
readings placed in the same configuration . No corresponding nautical term is ...
+ 48 * * * The name of the jmj - nfrt phyle is also comparatively unambiguous in
its writing ; in all but one instance it is written with signs with well - established
readings placed in the same configuration . No corresponding nautical term is ...
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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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