The Tale of Sinuhe

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
ancient Egyptian literature
gptkbp:author unknown
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 1875 BCE
gptkbp:features gptkb:poetry
autobiographical narrative
moral reflection
gptkbp:firstPublished 19th century CE
gptkbp:genre adventure
autobiographical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Tale of Sinuhe
gptkbp:importantFor one of the finest works of ancient Egyptian literature
gptkbp:influenced later Egyptian literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_Egyptian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Sinuhe
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Berlin_3022_Papyrus
gptkbp:plotSummary Sinuhe flees Egypt after the death of King Amenemhat I, lives in exile, and eventually returns
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:newspaper
ostraca
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkb:Middle_Kingdom
gptkbp:studiedBy egyptologists
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
exile
loyalty
return
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
many modern languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5