Egyptian/Hieroglypics

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Remember: it is not given to man to take his goods with him.
No one goes away and then comes back.

The Song of the Harper

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Original Citation

Anonymous. Tomb of King Intef, n.d., stanza 10.

Current Citation

Anonymous. "Song of the Harper." The Literature of Ancient Egypt, edited and introduction 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, stanza 10.

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Ptahhotep. The Maxims of Ptahhotep. c. 2375, maxim 1.

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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.

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Ptahhotep. The Maxims of Ptahhotep. c. 2375, maxim 34.

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Ptahhotep. The Maxims of Ptahhotep. c. 2375, maxim 25.

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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.

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Original Citation

Herakleopolitan FIP King, Kheti III (Wahkare Akhtoy III); attributed. The Instruction of Merikare. The Leningrad Papyrus, 1116A, n.d.

Current Citation

Herakleopolitan FIP King, Kheti III (Wahkare Akhtoy III); attributed. "The Instruction of Merikare." Ancient Egyptian Literature, translated by Miriam Lichtheim. University of California Press, 2019, parable 8.