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Instruction of Hardjedef

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195: 108:, his maxims having survived while his tomb had been lost. His fame was especially great during periods of classicistic revival, when he and other Old Kingdom sages became role models for aspiring scribes. 260: 236: 229: 255: 74: 222: 210: 62: 56: 67: 8: 101: 66:. Only a few fragments from the beginning of the text have survived on a handful of 50: 194: 92:. In antiquity Hardjedef enjoyed a reputation for wisdom, his name appears in the 93: 133: 206: 249: 202: 42: 81: 70: 38: 105: 46: 85: 247: 178:Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt 49:, composed during the 5th Dynasty according to 16:Didactic literature of the Egyptian Old Kingdom 230: 80:The first lines of the text establish Prince 237: 223: 45:. It is possibly the oldest of all known 201:This article about subjects relating to 104:, he is mentioned in the same breath as 98:Harper's lay from the tomb of King Intef 261:Ancient Egyptian instruction literature 248: 189: 154:, Oxford University Press 2003, p.90 138:Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst 152:The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt 13: 14: 272: 193: 121:, Volume I, 1973, pp. 58f. 170: 157: 144: 126: 100:, a copy of which survives in 1: 111: 88:'s son, as the author of the 209:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 119:Ancient Egyptian Literature 41:literature of the Egyptian 10: 277: 188: 165:Egyptian Myth and Legend 22:Instruction of Hardjedef 134:"Teaching of Hordjedef" 96:, and according to the 63:The Maxims of Ptahhotep 57:Instructions of Kagemni 180:, Routledge 1999, p.41 34:Teaching of Djedefhor 28:Teaching of Hordedef 25:, also known as the 256:Ancient Egypt stubs 117:Lichtheim, Miriam, 176:Katheryn A. Bard, 163:Donald Mackenzie, 102:Papyrus Harris 500 218: 217: 37:, belongs to the 268: 239: 232: 225: 197: 190: 181: 174: 168: 167:, 1907, pp.246f. 161: 155: 148: 142: 141: 130: 51:Miriam Lichtheim 276: 275: 271: 270: 269: 267: 266: 265: 246: 245: 244: 243: 186: 184: 175: 171: 162: 158: 149: 145: 132: 131: 127: 114: 94:Westcar Papyrus 77:wooden tablet. 17: 12: 11: 5: 274: 264: 263: 258: 242: 241: 234: 227: 219: 216: 215: 198: 183: 182: 169: 156: 143: 124: 123: 122: 113: 110: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 273: 262: 259: 257: 254: 253: 251: 240: 235: 233: 228: 226: 221: 220: 214: 212: 208: 204: 203:Ancient Egypt 199: 196: 192: 191: 187: 179: 173: 166: 160: 153: 147: 139: 135: 129: 125: 120: 116: 115: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 78: 76: 72: 69: 65: 64: 59: 58: 52: 48: 44: 40: 36: 35: 30: 29: 24: 23: 211:expanding it 200: 185: 177: 172: 164: 159: 151: 146: 137: 128: 118: 97: 89: 79: 61: 54: 53:, predating 47:Instructions 33: 32: 27: 26: 21: 20: 18: 90:Instruction 75:Late Period 68:New Kingdom 43:Old Kingdom 250:Categories 150:Ian Shaw, 112:References 82:Djedefhor 39:didactic 106:Imhotep 71:ostraca 73:and a 205:is a 86:Khufu 207:stub 60:and 55:The 31:and 19:The 252:: 136:. 84:, 238:e 231:t 224:v 213:. 140:.

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Old Kingdom
Instructions
Miriam Lichtheim
Instructions of Kagemni
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
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ostraca
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Djedefhor
Khufu
Westcar Papyrus
Papyrus Harris 500
Imhotep
"Teaching of Hordjedef"
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