Urkunden zur Chronologie der späten 12. Dynastie: Briefe aus Illahun

Luft, Ulrich C.; Büsing, Margarete; Szücs, Marianna

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“…For instance, P. Berlin 10021 declares that if any of its listed workers cannot be found, substitutes should be brought in as replacements. 55 This practice is also evident in a Lahun letter that describes the seizing of the temple doorkeeper by district officers as a substitute for his son who had failed to turn up for hꝪw-duties. 56 The local village must be seen in a context in which local hierarchies were reinforced Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty: Being a Critical Study, with Translations and Commentaries, of the Papyri in Which These are Recorded (Oxford, 1930), pl.…”

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Punishment, Patronage, and the Revenue Extraction Process in Pharaonic Egypt

Fagbore¹

2023

Int Rev of Soc His

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The processes of control and collection are prominent themes throughout pharaonic history. However, the extent that the central regime attempted to administer agricultural fields to collect revenues directly from the farmer who actually worked the land is unclear during the pharaonic period (c.2686–1069). Relations between those involved in agricultural cultivation and local headships of extended families and wider kinship groups were deeply embedded within a broad range of interpersonal discourses, behaviours, and practices. Village headmen and officials at all levels of an impersonalized “state” hierarchy were themselves landholders who drew income from the land and were held responsible for collecting revenues from their fields. It is therefore necessary to define, with a focus on the imperatives of a subsistence economy, who was working the land and what the relationship was between them, the headmen, and those from within outside power structures (in the context of direct intervention against specific groups of the population). To address these points, I will focus on revenue extraction as a “state” process, how it was connected to the role of punishment, and its impact on local hierarchies (the targets of revenue extraction).

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Punishment, Patronage, and the Revenue Extraction Process in Pharaonic Egypt

Fagbore¹

2023

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Letters, letter writing, Pharaonic Egypt

Warburton

2012

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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Letters offer direct access to private and state interests. Aside from their disparate contents, the mode of address clearly defines the social relations between sender and recipient: the official position of the higher‐ranking individual usually determines the order in which names are listed. Most letters betray very little information, consisting of platitudes for the most part, matters of particular relevance usually being referred to obliquely.

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Scribal Culture in Ancient Egypt

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Navratilova

2023

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This Element seeks to characterize the scribal culture in ancient Egypt through its textual acts, which were of prime importance in this culture: writing, list-making, drawing, and copying. Drawing upon texts, material objects, and archeological evidence, this Element will touch upon main themes at the heart of the study of this culture, while building on current discussions in literacy and literary as well as social history.

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Urkunden zur Chronologie der späten 12. Dynastie: Briefe aus Illahun

Cited by 12 publications

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Punishment, Patronage, and the Revenue Extraction Process in Pharaonic Egypt

Punishment, Patronage, and the Revenue Extraction Process in Pharaonic Egypt

Letters, letter writing, Pharaonic Egypt

Scribal Culture in Ancient Egypt

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