The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the WorldPtahhotep
Philosophy
The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World
Ptahhotep
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Maxims -- Early works to 1800
Heath, D. I. _On a MS. of the Phoenician King Assa, ruling in Egypt
before Abraham: A Record of the Patriarchal Age; or The Proverbs of
Aphobis_, B.C. 1900; _now first fully translated_. _Monthly Review_.
London, July, 1866. The first 'translation' of Kg. and Ph. Afterwards
issued as a pamphlet, London, 1858.
Lauth, F. J. _Der Autor Kadjimna vor 5400 Jahren_. Sitzungsberichte
der kgl. bayer. _Akademie der Wissenschaften_. Munchen, 1869, ii.
Contains an analysis of Kg.
Lauth, F. J. _Der Prim Ptah-hotep ueber das Alter: Ptah-hoteps Ethik_.
Sitzungsberichte der kgl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Muenchen, 1870, ii, Heft i, Beilage. Contains analysis and translation
into Latin and German of the greater part of Ph.
Mahaffy, J. P. _Prolegomena to Ancient History_, part ii. London,
1871. Contains translations from Lauth's rendering.
Myer, T. _The Oldest Books in the World_. New York, 1900. Contains
Virey's translation and notes.
Petrie, W. M. F. _Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt_. London,
1898. Contains translations of many sections by F. L. Griffith.
Prisse d'Avennes, E. _Facsimile d'un papyrus egyptien, trouve a
Thebes, donne a la Bibliotheque Royale de Paris, et publie par E. P.
d'A_. Paris, 1847.
Rawnsley, H. D. _Notes for the Nile, together with a Metrical
Rendering of the Hymns of Ancient Egypt, and of the Precepts of
Ptah-hotep_ (the Oldest Book in the World). London, 1892.
Revillout, E. _Les deux prefaces du papyrus Prisse_. Revue
egyptologique, tome vii. Paris, 1896. Contains translation of Kg. and
Sec. A of Ph.
Revillout, E. _Les Maximes de Ptah-hotep_. Revue egyptologique, tome
x. Paris, 1902. Contains translation and text of Ph.
Virey, P. _Etudes sur le papyrus Prisse, le livre de Kagimna et les
lecons de Ptah-hotep_. Bibliotheque de {75} l'Ecole des Hautes-Etudes,
fasc. 70. Paris, 1887. Contains complete translation and elaborate
discussion of the text; also glossary.
Virey, P. _The Precepts of Ptah-hotep_ (_the Oldest Book in the
World_). Records of the Past, new series, vol. iii. London, 1890.
Contains a translation of Ph.
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