entity · pol_egyfull_old_kingdom_memphite
Old Kingdom Memphite court and administrative system
Court-centred political formation associated with pyramid complexes, estates and provincial administration.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2686 BCE–2181 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · defines political formation
Pyramid Age: Huni to Radjedef — Richard Bussmann (2015)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Research description
Court-centred political formation associated with pyramid complexes, estates and provincial administration. The record does not imply permanently fixed borders or uniform administration throughout its date range.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Old Kingdom
Modern period label conventionally covering Dynasties 3 to 6.
Why does this record have this property?
The political formation falls within this modern period or dynasty classification for the stated interval. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Pyramid Age: Huni to Radjedef
supports assignment · Political chronology
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines political formation
Pyramid Age: Huni to Radjedef — Richard Bussmann (2015)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for pol_egyfull_old_kingdom_memphite · geography assertion