at of Virey (see below). For some amendments see
Griffith in Proc. S.B.A. (below). The first edition is more accurate
(for this text) than the second. The vocabulary needs revision.
Chabas, F. _Le plus ancien livre du monde; etude sur le papyrus
Prisse_. Revue archeologique, premiere serie, xv. anno. Paris, 1857.
Contains a discussion of the text, etc., and partial translation.
Chabas, F. _Le papyrus Prisse_. Zeitschrift fuer egyptische Sprache.
Berlin, 1870. Discusses the meaning of various words.
Chabas, F. _Le plus ancien livre du monde; etude sur le papyrus
Prisse_. Bibliotheque orientale, vol. ii. Paris, 1872. The work of
1857 recast.
Dumichen, J. _Les sentences de Kakemni_. Les Bibles et les
initiateurs religieux de l'humanite, vol. ii. part i. Paris, 1884.
Contains a translation of Kg.
Griffith, F. L. _Notes on Egyptian Texts of the Middle Kingdom_, iii.
Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. xiii. London,
1890. Discusses the text, correcting some previous errors in
transcription. Translation of Kg. and Sec.Sec. A, B of Ph.
Griffith, F. L. _Egyptian Literature_. A Library of the {74} World's
Best Literature. New York, 1898-9. Contains translation of many
sections.
Heath, D. I. _On a MS. of the Phoenician King Assa, ruling in Egypt
before Abraham: A Record of the Patriarchal Age; or The Proverbs of
Aphobis_, B.C. 1900; _now first fully translated_. _Monthly Review_.
London, July, 1866. The first 'translation' of Kg. and Ph. Afterwards
issued as a pamphlet, London, 1858.
Lauth, F. J. _Der Autor Kadjimna vor 5400 Jahren_. Sitzungsberichte
der kgl. bayer. _Akademie der Wissenschaften_. Munchen, 1869, ii.
Contains an analysis of Kg.
Lauth, F. J. _Der Prim Ptah-hotep ueber das Alter: Ptah-hoteps Ethik_.
Sitzungsberichte der kgl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Muenchen, 1870, ii, Heft i, Beilage. Contains analysis and translation
into Latin and German of the greater part of Ph.
Mahaffy, J. P. _Prolegomena to Ancient History_, part ii. London,
1871. Contains translations from Lauth's rendering.
Myer, T. _The Oldest Books in the World_. New York, 1900. Contains
Virey's translation and notes.
Petrie, W. M. F. _Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt_. London,
1898. Contains translations of many sections by F. L. Griffith.
Prisse d'Avennes, E. _Facsimile d'un papyrus egyptien, trouve a
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