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Line 1: {{short description\|Ancient Egyptian literary composition by Vizier Ptahhotep}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox artifact\|image=Papyrus Prisse 187.jpg\|created={{circa}} 2363 BC\|caption=[[Papyrus Prisse]], manuscript "Egyptien 187", lines 75-123 of The Maxims of Ptahhotep. [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]].\|discovered_place=[[Luxor]], [[Luxor Governorate]], [[Egypt]]\|discovered_date=1847\|discovered_by=[[Émile Prisse d'Avennes\|Emile d'Avennes]]}} '''''The Maxims of Ptahhotep''''' or '''''Instruction of Ptahhotep''''' is an [[Ancient Egyptian literature\|ancient Egyptian literary composition]] ~~composed~~ by the [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)\|Vizier]] [[Ptahhotep]] around 2375–2350 BC, during the rule of King [[Djedkare Isesi]] of the Fifth Dynasty.<ref>Fontaine, Carole R. "A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited." The Biblical Archaeologist 44, no. 3 (1981): 155-60. doi:10.2307/3209606. </ref> The text was discovered in [[Thebes, Egypt\|Thebes]] in 1847 by Egyptologist M. [[Émile Prisse d'Avennes\|Prisse d'Avennes]].<ref name="Simpson1986">Simpson, W. K., ed. The Maxims of Ptahhotep. Las Vegas, Nevada: Evan Blythin, 1986. </ref> The Instructions of Ptahhotep are considered didactic [[wisdom literature]] belonging to the genre of ''[[sebayt]]''.<ref>Lichtheim, Miriam 1996. Didactic literature. In Loprieno, Antonio (ed.), Ancient Egyptian Literature, 243-262. Leiden; New York; Köln: E. J. Brill.</ref> There are four copies of the Instructions, and the only complete version, [[Prisse Papyrus\|Papyrus Prisse]], is located in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France\|Bibliothèque Nationale]] in [[Paris]].<ref name=Simpson>Simpson, William Kelly. The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. New Haven, US: Yale University Press, 2003. Accessed January 28, 2017. ProQuest ebrary. </ref> According to [[William Kelly Simpson]], ~~some~~ scholars ~~debate~~tend to believe that the ''Instructions of Ptahhotep'' were ~~written~~originally composed during the ~~twelfth dynasty,~~ [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt\|Middle Kingdom]], specifically the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt\|Twelfth Dynasty]]. The ~~earlier~~earliest extant copies of the text were altered to make them understandable for the Egyptians of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt\|New Kingdom]].<ref name=Simpson/> The text presents a very good picture of the general attitudes of that period.<ref name=Simpson/> The ''Instructions of Ptahhotep'' addresses various virtues that are necessary to live a good life and how to live accordingly to [[Maat]], which was an important part of the Egyptian culture. == Summary == Line 24 ⟶ 25: {{listen \| filename = The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep - read by Arthur Krolman for LibriVox's Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 048 (2017).ogg \| title = <{{center>\|"The Instruction of Ptahhotep"<br><small>Read by Arthur Krolman for LibriVox</small>~~</center>~~}} \| description = <{{center>\|Audio 00:31:45 ([https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30508 full text])~~</center>~~}} \| pos = right \| type = speech Line 64 ⟶ 65: ==See also== [[~~Category:~~Ancient Egyptian ~~literature~~philosophy]]▼ [[African philosophy\|African Philosophy]] [[Gerontocracy]] ''[[Instructions of Kagemni]]'' Line 72 ⟶ 75: ==External links== * {{wikiquote-inline\|Ptahhotep}} * [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/ptahhotep.html Translated text (english)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Maxims of Ptahhotep}} [[Category:24th-century BC works]] ▲[[Category:Ancient Egyptian literature]] ~~[[Category:Ancient Middle Eastern wisdom literature]]~~ [[Category:Djedkare Isesi]] [[Category:Ancient Egyptian ~~philosophy~~instruction literature]] [[Category:1847 archaeological discoveries]] [[Category:Archaeological discoveries in Egypt]]