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Late 18th Dynasty papyrus with hieratic literary text on recto: The Teaching of Ptahhotep column 1, with blank margin. This sheet contains the Title, Prologue and maxims 1-2 (verses [ed. Zaba] 1-66). SHEET 1 Part of an archive of literary texts, mostly now in Moscow, apparently from Luxor. The manuscript is carefully written with rubrics marking the start of verses and some corrections.
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