Echoes of “Ptahhotep” in the Greco-Roman Period?
The article looks at continuity in the Egyptian literary tradition, in particular with regard to the rare phrase “partiality is the abomination of god” (bwt n t r rdít ḥr gs) found in “Ptahhotep” and later, as a marked quotation, in the “Installation of the Vizier”. It draws attention to the use of...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Ano: 2009, Volume: 136, Número: 2, Páginas: 130-135 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Instruction of Ptahhotep
B Literature MK B Literature NK B Thoth B Transmission of knowledge |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | The article looks at continuity in the Egyptian literary tradition, in particular with regard to the rare phrase “partiality is the abomination of god” (bwt n t r rdít ḥr gs) found in “Ptahhotep” and later, as a marked quotation, in the “Installation of the Vizier”. It draws attention to the use of the same phrase as a divine epithet in Greco-Roman temple inscriptions, and argues that this may be an intertextual echo of “Ptahhotep”, although clearly it cannot be considered evidence for a late transmission of that text. Finally, it looks at the historical evidence for the association between Thoth and concept of ‘partiality’ (rdít ḥr gs, nm‘) . |
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| ISSN: | 2196-713X |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1524/zaes.2009.0014 |
