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A manuscript copy, the Prisse Papyrus, is on display at the Louvre..
The 1906 translation by Battiscombe Gunn was made directly from the papyrus in Paris, rather than from copies.
However, their oldest surviving copies are written in Middle Egyptian dating to the late First Intermediate Period\' of the Middle Kingdom.
They take the form of advice and instructions from a father to his son and are said to have been assembled during the late Old Kingdom.
Ptahhotep\'s grandson, Ptahhotep Tshefi, is traditionally credited with being the author of the collection of wise sayings known as The Maxims of Ptahhotep, whose opening lines attribute authorship to the vizier PtahHotep: Instruction of the Mayor of the city, the Vizier Ptahhotep, under the Majesty of King lsesi.
He is credited with authoring The Instruction of Ptahhotep, an early piece of Egyptian "wisdom literature" meant to instruct young men in appropriate behavior.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep Ptahhotep was the city administrator and vizier (first minister) during the reign of Djedkare Isesi in the 5th Dynasty.
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