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Sarcophagus texts are usually thought of the main expression of heart country faith. yet have been those texts rather written for the good thing about each one person? This quantity demonstrates that the "users" of Sarcophagus texts didn't signify the inhabitants as a complete, yet in basic terms particular various teams. French text.
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Par exemple, bien qu'Ankhtifi présente les quatrième et cinquième nomes comme des unités, son texte laisse entrevoir que le « général d'Armant » qui était installé dans une ville du quatrième nome, occupait une position plus ou moins indépendante, et entrait dans une alliance militaire avec le chef de Mo alla'\ La situation dans la région se complif que encore avec l'existence d'un nomarque appelé Ini dont le sarcophage a été trouvé à el-Gebelein, ville qui ne semble jamais avoir été siège de nomarque .
PARDEY, « Provincial Ancient Egypt I, p. 18-19. 44 Administration », dans : The Oxford Encyclopedia of LA CULTURE NOMARCALE ques avaient toujours vécu dans des villes et si, dans certains cas, un chef régional s'appelle « nomarque », cela ne peut guère signifier qu'il n'était pas responsable de la ville capitale du nome 107 . Autrement dit, le fait que les textes font état, de plus en plus fréquemment, de l'administration de villes ne peut pas, à lui seul, être utilisé comme l'indice de la mise à l'écart des nomarques.
KAHL, EL-KHADRAGY, 48 S A K 33 (2005), p. 159-167 34 (2006), p. 241-247. VERHOEVEN, KHADRAGY, VERHOEVEN, S A K ; KAHL, EL- LA CULTURE NOMARCALE tant de vastes tombes jusqu'alors inconnues doit dater, soit de la Première Période Intermédiaire, soit de la fin de la XI' dynastie ou plus tard. D'autres tombes pourraient combler l'intervalle entre l'Unification du pays et la fin de la X I ' dynastie. Malheureusement, ce matériel reste d'ordre si imprécis qu'il n'est pas possible de déterminer s'il a existé ou non une interruption dans la séquence des gouverneurs locaux après la chute du royaume héracléopolitain.