Ptahhotep with two different wigs - Imhotep Museum in Saqqara
Dynasty
5th Dynasty
Pharaoh
Djedkare Isesi
Wife
Khamerernebty
Children
Akhethotep
Burial
A mastaba in Saqqara
Ptahhotep in hieroglyphs
Ptahhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ ḥtp "Peace of Ptah"), sometimes known as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was an ancient Egyptian vizier during the late 25th century BC and early 24th century BC Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. He is credited with authoring The Maxims of Ptahhotep, an early piece of Egyptian "wisdom literature" meant to instruct young men in appropriate behavior.
Ptahhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ptḥ ḥtp "Peace of Ptah"), sometimes known as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was an ancient Egyptian vizier during the late 25th...
The Maxims of Ptahhotep or Instruction of Ptahhotep is an ancient Egyptian literary composition by the Vizier Ptahhotep around 2375–2350 BC, during the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
is followed by the only complete surviving copy of the Instruction of Ptahhotep. List of ancient Egyptian papyri Simpson, William K. (1972). Simpson,...
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...
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...
c. 2200–1000 BCE. One of the earliest known African philosophers was Ptahhotep, an ancient Egyptian philosopher. In general, the ancient Greeks acknowledged...
the third millennium BCE, the Ancient Egyptian vizier Ptahhotep wrote The Maxims of Ptahhotep (2375–2350 BCE), a didactic book of precepts extolling...
Teaching/Learning Anti-Racism: A Developmental Approach (Paperback) The Teachings of Ptahhotep (Paperback) The Price They Paid: Desegregation in an African American...
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...
of the name of Ptahemdjehuty Khakheperraseneb. Is there another like Ptahhotep? Kaires too? Each of these authors (excepting Imhotep, none of whose works...
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...
Greer Coakley at different stages of her life. Paul Giamatti portrays Ptahhotep (another character in Ancient Evenings). Joan La Barbara portrays Mailer's...
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...
motto is a quote from the ancient Egyptian wisdom text The Instruction of Ptahhotep. It translates as 'Speaking to the future is good – it will listen.' Egyptology...
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...
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...
example. Instructions of Shuruppak (Early 3rd millennium BC) Ptahhotep, The Maxims of Ptahhotep (2375–2350 BC) Kheti III, Teaching for King Merykara (c. 2150...
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...
works of this genre include the Instructions of Kagemni, The Maxims of Ptahhotep, the Instructions of Amenemhat, the Loyalist Teaching. Hymns such as A...
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