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    Ptahhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ ḥtp "Peace of Ptah"), sometimes known as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was an ancient Egyptian vizier during the late 25th...
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    The Maxims of Ptahhotep or Instruction of Ptahhotep is an ancient Egyptian literary composition by the Vizier Ptahhotep around 2375–2350 BC, during the...
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  • Ptahhotep Tjefi, also called Ptahhotep II was an ancient Egyptian official who lived at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, most likely under king Djedkare Isesi...
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  • of Ptahhotep; Ptahhotep Desher, vizier of the 5th Dynasty; Ptahhotep (Djedkare) vizier of the 5th Dynasty, perhaps brother of the above; Ptahhotep Tjefi...
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  • an early 'philosopher' is Ptahhotep. He served as vizier to the pharaoh in the late 25th, early 24th century BC. Ptahhotep is known for his work on ethical...
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    lived during the Fifth Dynasty around 2400 BC. Akhethotep and his son Ptahhotep Tjefi were senior court officials during the rule of Djedkare (2414–2375...
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  • Ptahhotep was an ancient Egyptian official of the Fifth Dynasty, most likely under king Djedkare Isesi. His most important office was that of a vizier...
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  • Ptahhotep Desher was an Ancient Egyptian official at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, most likely in office under kings Menkauhor Kaiu and Djedkare Isesi...
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  • Hardjedef (between 25th century BC and 24th century BC) The Maxims of Ptahhotep, by Ptahhotep (around 2375–2350 BC) Works and Days, by Hesiod (c. 700 BC) On...
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    non-royal Egyptians of this time, Ptahhotep, vizier to Djedkare Isesi, won fame for his wisdom; The Maxims of Ptahhotep was ascribed to him by its later...
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    of the wider order generated by Maat. A passage in the Instruction of Ptahhotep presents Maat as follows: Maat is good and its worth is lasting. It has...
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    is followed by the only complete surviving copy of the Instruction of Ptahhotep. List of ancient Egyptian papyri Simpson, William K. (1972). Simpson,...
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    II Mose (scribe) Nakht Nakhtmin Nebamun Neferhotep Pediamenopet Penthu Ptahhotep Tshefi Ramose (TT7) Roy (Egyptian Noble) Reni-seneb – owner of the Chair...
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  • University Press. pp. 199–211. ISBN 978-0-19-503996-2.[page range too broad] Ptahhotep, trans. John A. Wilson. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to The Old...
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  • c. 2200–1000 BCE. One of the earliest known African philosophers was Ptahhotep, an ancient Egyptian philosopher. In general, the ancient Greeks acknowledged...
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    dynasty) Other Neithhotep (1st dynasty queen) Imhotep (3rd dynasty official) Ptahhotep (5th dynasty official) Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty nomarch) Hedjhotep (minor...
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    the ancient Egyptians as the Pharaoh of Vizier Ptahhotep, the purported author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep, one of the earliest pieces of philosophic wisdom...
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  • recorded philosophy of time was expounded by the ancient Egyptian thinker Ptahhotep (c. 2650–2600 BC) who said: Follow your desire as long as you live, and...
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    the third millennium BCE, the Ancient Egyptian vizier Ptahhotep wrote The Maxims of Ptahhotep (2375–2350 BCE), a didactic book of precepts extolling...
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  • of the name of Ptahemdjehuty Khakheperraseneb. Is there another like Ptahhotep? Kaires too? Each of these authors (excepting Imhotep, none of whose works...
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  • Prisse Papyrus, it is followed by the complete version of The Maxims of Ptahhotep. It is unknown how much of the text from its beginning is actually lost...
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  • Greer Coakley at different stages of her life. Paul Giamatti portrays Ptahhotep (another character in Ancient Evenings). Joan La Barbara portrays Mailer's...
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    Nyuserre, six pairs of boys wrestle in the nearby tomb of Akhethotep and Ptahhotep. Another early piece of evidence for wrestling in Egypt appears at 11th...
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    writing board, with a copy of a teaching text (i.e. Ptahhotep), dates to the Eighteenth dynasty. Ptahhotep and Kagemni are both found on the Prisse Papyrus...
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  • Miriam Lichtheim, predating The Instructions of Kagemni and The Maxims of Ptahhotep. Only a few fragments from the beginning of the text have survived on...
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  • example. Instructions of Shuruppak (Early 3rd millennium BC) Ptahhotep, The Maxims of Ptahhotep (2375–2350 BC) Kheti III, Teaching for King Merykara (c. 2150...
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  • claimed to have been initiated as a priestess of Ra by her supposed uncle, Ptahhotep, in what she refers to as ancient Egypt. The book also describes a little...
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    century BCE. The next earliest named author is Ptahhotep, who is credited with authoring The Maxims of Ptahhotep, an instructional book for young men in Egyptian...
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    Pyramid Texts, including the Cannibal Hymn 2375 BC: Egyptian The Maxims of Ptahhotep 2283 BC: Egyptian Palermo Stone 2270 BC: Sumerian Enheduanna's Hymns 2250...
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  • " Amenemope, in turn, was drawing on a much older text, The Maxims of Ptahhotep. List of ancient Egyptian scribes Ancient Egyptian literature Wisdom literature...
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