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'Ptahhotep', sometimes known as 'Ptahhotpe' or 'Ptah-Hotep', is the name of a 24th century BC vizier and philosopher. He was vizier to Djedkare Isesi in the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. He is credited by some with having been the author of a series of wise sayings known as ''The Maxims of Ptahhotep''^[1], assembled ca. 2350 BC. A manuscript copy, the Prisse Papyrus, is on display at the Louvre. They are intended as advice and instructions from a father to his son.
His tomb is located in a mastaba in North Saqqara.
He had a son named 'Ankhu', also a vizier[1].

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Examples

''One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.'' (no. 25)

References

1. Nicholas Grimal, ''A History of Ancient Egypt'', 1992
Blackwell Publishing, p.79


★ The Instruction of Ptahhotep Index Page

★ The Mastaba of Ptahhotep reliefs from his tomb

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★ Brian Brown (ed.) (1923) The Wisdom of the Egyptians. New York: Brentano's

★ Texts from the Pyramid Age by Nigel C. Strudwick, Ronald J. Leprohon, 2005, Brill Academic Publishers

★ Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book by Marshall Clagett, 1989

★ The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep - AAA Encyclopedia

★ The Maxims on Good Discourse of Ptahhotep