Prisse Papyrus
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The Prisse Papyrus dating from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom[1] was obtained by the French orientalist Achille Constant Théodore Émile Prisse d'Avennes at Thebes in 1856 and is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
It contains the last two pages of the Instruction addressed to Kagemni, who purportedly served under the 4th Dynasty king Snofru, and is a compilation of moral maxims and admonitions on the practice of virtue. The conclusion of the Instruction addressed to Kagemni is followed by the only complete surviving copy of the Instruction of Ptahhotep.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ I. E. S. Edwards, N. G. L. Hammond, C. J. Gadd, The Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press 1975, p.159
- ^ M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I, 1973, p.59
[edit] Literature
- The Instruction addressed to Kagemni in M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I, 1973, pp.59ff.
- The Instruction of Ptahhotep in M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I, 1973, pp.61ff.
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