The Admonitions of Ipuwer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Admonitions_of_Ipuwer
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gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian literary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ipuwer_Papyrus
gptkbp:author gptkb:Ipuwer
gptkbp:currentLocation Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands
gptkbp:date circa 19th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy 19th century CE
gptkbp:form poetic prose
gptkbp:genre didactic poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Admonitions of Ipuwer
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_Egyptian
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation gptkb:Papyrus_Leiden_I_344
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:notableFor debated historical accuracy
description of chaos and disorder
lamentation of social inversion
gptkbp:periodDescribed gptkb:First_Intermediate_Period
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Papyrus_Leiden_I_344
gptkbp:referencedIn comparative literature
biblical studies
gptkbp:setting gptkb:ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:significance example of Egyptian wisdom literature
source for understanding ancient Egyptian society
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Egyptologists
gptkbp:subject lamentation
political upheaval
social chaos
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6