Egyptian New Kingdom

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Do not set your heart on wealth…
Do not strain to seek increase,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come by theft,
They will not stay the night with you….
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.

Amenemope

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Topic

Detachment from wealth Wealth

Author

Amenemope

Source

The Instruction of Amenemope

Genre

Wisdom literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Egyptian/Hieroglypics

Time

1075 BC 1070s BC 11th century BC

Era

Egyptian New Kingdom

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Amenemope. The Instruction of Amenemope. 11 century BC.

Current Citation

Amenemope. "The Instruction of Amenemope." The Literature of Ancient Egypt, edited by William Kelly Simpson, translated by Robert T. K. Ritner, William Kelly Simpson, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente, Jr. Yale University Press, 2003.

Creator uncreated.
Sole one, unique one, who traverses eternity,
Remote one, with millions under his care;
Your splendor is like heaven's splendor.

First Hymn to the Sun God

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Topic

Nature of God

Source

First Hymn to the Sun God

Genre

Wisdom literature

Statement Type

Praise of God

Language

Egyptian/Hieroglypics

Time

1334 BC 1330s BC 14th century BC

Era

Egyptian New Kingdom

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Suti and Hor. "First Hymn to the Sun God." Stela of the Brothers Suti and Hor. British Museum 826, c. 1334 BC.

Current Citation

Suti and Hor. "Two Hymns to the Sun God." Ancient Egyptian Literature, edited by Miriam Lichtheim. University of California Press, 2019.