The Teachings of Ptahhotep of Ancient Egypt (from the Papyrus Prisse).
| N° d'inventaire | 20312 |
| Format | 17.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 217 p., facsimile plates, transcription, paperback. |
| Publication | Brest, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782365180191 |
This book offers a continuous translation and hieroglyphic transcription/transliteration/translation of one of the most famous "Wisdoms" of ancient Egypt.
This "Teaching" comes from several written sources, the main ones being the following:
- the "Papyrus Prisse", which alone gives the entire text, published in 1911 by Gustave Jéquier (National Library of France, Egyptian "186-194") and which is used for the present work;
- a papyrus giving the first part of the text and the punctuation of the end of the verses, preserved at the British Museum and published by Budge in 1910 (BM EA 10,509);
- a stuccoed wooden tablet kept at the Cairo Museum (Carnavon Tablet No. 1, JE 41790) showing only the beginning of the text, published in 1911 by Gustave Jéquier among the "Variants of the Papyrus Prisse".
The vizier Ptahhotep was in office under the penultimate pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, "Djedkare-Isesi, around 2430 BC.
Three "Appendices" present the reproduction of the three main sources from the two original publications (Jéquier 1911 and Budge 1910).
This book offers a continuous translation and hieroglyphic transcription/transliteration/translation of one of the most famous "Wisdoms" of ancient Egypt.
This "Teaching" comes from several written sources, the main ones being the following:
- the "Papyrus Prisse", which alone gives the entire text, published in 1911 by Gustave Jéquier (National Library of France, Egyptian "186-194") and which is used for the present work;
- a papyrus giving the first part of the text and the punctuation of the end of the verses, preserved at the British Museum and published by Budge in 1910 (BM EA 10,509);
- a stuccoed wooden tablet kept at the Cairo Museum (Carnavon Tablet No. 1, JE 41790) showing only the beginning of the text, published in 1911 by Gustave Jéquier among the "Variants of the Papyrus Prisse".
The vizier Ptahhotep was in office under the penultimate pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, "Djedkare-Isesi, around 2430 BC.
Three "Appendices" present the reproduction of the three main sources from the two original publications (Jéquier 1911 and Budge 1910).