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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:ancient_Egyptian_literary_work
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Ptahhotep
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| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
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| gptkbp:date |
circa 24th century BCE
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| gptkbp:fieldOfWork |
didactic treatise
|
| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:wisdom_literature
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
later Egyptian wisdom texts
|
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Egyptian
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| gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Ptahhotep
|
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant as with the learned.
|
| gptkbp:period |
gptkb:Old_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:Prisse_Papyrus
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| gptkbp:purpose |
instruction in ethical and moral conduct
|
| gptkbp:subject |
ethics
justice leadership family life social conduct |
| gptkbp:targetAudience |
young men of the elite
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| gptkbp:writtenBy |
gptkb:Hieratic
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Papyrus_Prisse
gptkb:Ptahhotep |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
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