The Maxims of Ptahhotep
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The Maxims of Ptahhotep or Instruction of Ptahhotep is an ancient Egyptian literary composition by the Vizier Ptahhotep, during the rule of King Djedkare Isesi of the Fifth Dynasty. The text was disco
Papyrus Prisse, manuscript "Egyptien 187", lines 75-123 of The Maxims of Ptahhotep. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Prisse Papyrus
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The Prisse Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian text written on papyrus in abbreviated hieratic script, sometimes referred to as the "oldest book in the world", named after the French Egyptologist Émile d'A
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
…considered didactic wisdom literature belonging to the genre of sebayt. There are four copies of the Instructions, and the only complete version, the Prisse Papyrus, is located in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. According to William Kelly Simpson, scholars tend to believe that the Instructions of Ptahhotep…
Papyrus Prisse- Part I, two columns of the Instructions of Kagemni
The second column of Instruction Kagemni, the last raw hieroglyphic transcription: "King Huni died and king Snefrue become beneficent king i this entire land and Kagemni was promoted to mayor and vizir"
The Seated Scribe Saqqara 5.th Dynasty
Statue of a scribe Ptahoshepses of the 5th Dynasty