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</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]], scholars tend to believe that the ''Instructions of Ptahhotep'' were originally composed during the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]], specifically the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]. The 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.
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