The Instruction of Ptah Hotep and the Instruction of Ke’gemni
Translated by Battiscombe G. Gunn
Publication Date: May 06, 2011
List Price: $15.99
Format: Paperback, 66 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781770830639
Imprint: Theophania Publishing
Publisher: Theophania Publishing
Parent Company: Theophania Publishing
Battiscombe Gunn published his first translation of The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and The Instruction of Ke’Gemni (from the Prisse Papyrus in Paris) from Egyptian hieroglyphs to English, in 1906. Gunn later said; “I entirely repudiate my translation of the Prisse Papyrus, so far as one can repudiate what is in print.” However, it is still in print, as it is (was) considered the best translation available.
Excerpt …The bones are painful throughout the body; good turneth unto evil. All taste departeth. These things doeth old age for mankind, being evil in all things. The nose is stopped, and he breatheth not for weakness, whether standing or sitting. “Command me, thy servant, therefore, to make over my princely authority to my son. Let me speak unto him the words of them that hearken to the counsel of the men of old time; those that 42 hearkened unto the gods. I pray thee, let this thing be done, that sin may be banished from among persons of understanding, that thou may enlighten the lands.” Said the Majesty of this God:
He said unto his son:
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