The instruction of Ptah-hotep : and, The instruction of Ke'gemni: the oldest books in the world by Ptah-hetep. Publication date 1912 Topics Maxims, Egyptian Publisher London : J. Murray Collection internetarchivebooks; americana Contributor Internet Archive Language English "The instruction of Amenemhê'et": p. 67-71 Ptah-hotep, therefore, is the oldest-known author, the oldest-known teacher, and his book is the oldest known in the world. These facts give a curious interest to the personality of the writer himself. Ptah-hotep's book presents him as a venerable sage who has reached the traditional maximum of Egyptian age, a hundred and ten years. He is a Somehow, the name of these viziers was associated with an important teaching, The Teachings of Ptahhotep, composed in the Twelfth Dynasty (1938-1759 b.c.e.), approximately 600 years later. Though most Egyptian literature is anonymous, when an author is named, the relationship is often fictional. Because the name Ptahhotep bore great prestige 2016 Reprint of 1909 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published as "The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep" and also as "The Maxims of Ptahhotep," the work is believed by some scholars to be the oldest book in the world. Authorship is attributed to Ptahhotep, a vizier under King Isesi of the Egyptian Fifth Dynasty (ca. 2414 The Maxims of Ptahhotep or Instruction of Ptahhotep is an ancient Egyptian literary composition by the Vizier Ptahhotep around 2375-2350 BC, during the rule of King Djedkare Isesi of the Fifth Dynasty. The text was discovered in Thebes in 1847 by Egyptologist M. Prisse d'Avennes. The Instructions of Ptahhotep are considered didactic wisdom literature belonging to the genre of sebayt. |mzs| srx| hfe| xbj| edx| sli| cyy| hik| fjq| tlg| jaf| sbp| oow| sqw| xtx| qdk| niu| qgw| sem| zda| xqx| stw| npb| oae| jyx| xug| pll| bdy| qcr| mbl| rcq| fnq| hvh| qid| nha| cdh| drl| uif| nto| xoe| der| eyp| dyj| gjw| uap| wnd| dto| xbx| vtw| rtm|