essay
Town and state in the early Old Kingdom: a view from Elephantine
aspects of early egypt • London • Published In 1996 • Pages: 108-127 , plates
By: Seidlmayer, Stephan Johannes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Seidlmayer examines Elephantine and the changes that occurred there, and around there, from the Predynastic through the Old Kingdom. Only the data that pertain to the Late Predynastic through the 3rd Dynasty were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. He describes the administrative complex, the small step pyramid, the fortress, and the local cult temple of Satet. He also examines why the town was first settled and what attracted people and the central government to the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Public structures
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Towns
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Military installations
- Sacred objects and places
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Predynastic through 3rd Dynasty
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Elephantine, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephan Johannes Seidlmayer
- For bibliographical references see document 6: Spencer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97171109
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.