The Prisse Papyrus is an
ancient Egyptian papyrus datable to the
Middle Kingdom
[1]: 129 which was discovered by the inhabitants of Kurna and given to French orientalist
Émile Prisse d'Avennes at
Thebes and published in 1847[
citation needed] and is now in the
Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.
[1]: 129
Inhabitants of
Kurna originally found the papyrus inside the
rishi coffin of
pharaoh
Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef of the
17th Dynasty, whose tomb was probably located in
Dra' Abu el-Naga' near Thebes.
[2]: 67
The papyrus document contains the last two pages of the Instructions of Kagemni, who purportedly served under pharaoh Sneferu of the 4th Dynasty, and is a compilation of moral maxims and admonitions on the practice of virtue ( sebayt). The conclusion of the Instructions of Kagemni is followed by the only complete surviving copy of the Instruction of Ptahhotep. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The Prisse Papyrus is an
ancient Egyptian papyrus datable to the
Middle Kingdom
[1]: 129 which was discovered by the inhabitants of Kurna and given to French orientalist
Émile Prisse d'Avennes at
Thebes and published in 1847[
citation needed] and is now in the
Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.
[1]: 129
Inhabitants of
Kurna originally found the papyrus inside the
rishi coffin of
pharaoh
Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef of the
17th Dynasty, whose tomb was probably located in
Dra' Abu el-Naga' near Thebes.
[2]: 67
The papyrus document contains the last two pages of the Instructions of Kagemni, who purportedly served under pharaoh Sneferu of the 4th Dynasty, and is a compilation of moral maxims and admonitions on the practice of virtue ( sebayt). The conclusion of the Instructions of Kagemni is followed by the only complete surviving copy of the Instruction of Ptahhotep. [3] [4] [5] [6]