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.
Ptahhotep
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Ptahhotep, sometimes referred to as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was a vizier during the reign of Djedkare Isesi in Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty. He is best known as the author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep, one o
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
…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 discovered in Thebes in 1847 by Egyptologist Émile Prisse d'Avennes. The…
Ptahhotep with two different wigs - Imhotep Museum in Saqqara
The mastaba tombs of Ptahhotep and his son Akhethetep
A Procession of offerings from Ptahhotep's mastaba tomb