Ptahhotep
| Ptahhotep in hieroglyphics | ||||||
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Ptḥ ḥtp Ptah is satisfied |
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Ptahhotep , also Ptah-hotep , was an ancient Egyptian vizier and city administrator who lived towards the end of the Old Kingdom and served under Isesi , the penultimate pharaoh of the 5th dynasty .
meaning
In later times he was the author of a total of 37 life maxims , which are considered the oldest completely preserved wisdom doctrine and earned him the nickname The Wise . A copy of this maxim of Ptahhotep also teachings of Ptahhotep , the Papyrus Prisse , is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France . The doctrine in the surviving versions dates to the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom .
reception
Elisabeth Haich describes the spiritual teachings of ancient Egypt from the perspective of the Pharaoh's daughter in the mystical - biographical novel The Initiation. Ptahhotep is the protagonist's uncle and spiritual teacher .
literature
- Wolfgang Kosack : Berlin booklets on Egyptian literature 1 - 12 : Part I. 1 - 6 / Part II. 7 - 12 (2 volumes). Parallel texts in hieroglyphics with introductions and translation. Book 7: The wisdom of Ptahhotep. Verlag Christoph Brunner, Basel 2015. ISBN 978-3-906206-11-0 .
Web links
- The maxims of Ptahhotep at Land-der-Pharaonen.de
- Brief information about the papyrus priss in the Egyptology forum
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| SURNAME | Ptahhotep |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ptah-hotep |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Egyptian vizier and city administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 25th century BC BC or 24th century BC Chr. |