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Insinger Papyrus (''Papyrus Insinger'') is a papyrus find from Ancient Egypt and contains one of the oldest extant writings about Egyptian wisdom teachings (Sebayt). The manuscript is dated to around the 2nd century AD and the main part is kept at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demotische wijsheidsleer (Dutch) )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demotische papyrus (Dutch) )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demotische papyrus (Dutch) )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lost and found fragments of Egyptian wisdom )〕 ==Contents== The Insinger Papyrus is a fragmented papyrus scroll with the beginning and end of the scroll missing, the size is about 612 × 27.5 cm (241 × 10,5 inches). The text is written on the rectoside.〔〔 The text is an example of the ancient Egyptian literature genre wisdom teachings (Sebayt) and shows that Egyptian traditions persisted even under foreign rule and how they were adapted to the requirements of new times.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demotic literature )〕 The manuscript is a collection of writings and includes 25 surviving chapters.〔〔〔 The scripture is broken down into different themes with numbered chapters and contains over 800 maxims.〔〔 The maxims are written as 1 liners similar to a proverb, examples are:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bestiary )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Altägyptische Weisheitslehren (German) )〕 * "''A hissing of a snake is more effective than the braying of a donkey''" * "''A small snake bears poison''" * "''A snake on which one steps ejects a strong poison''" * "''A crocodile does not die from worrying, it dies from hunger''" * "''It is God who bestows prosperity, it is the wise man that preserves it''" The text is written in demotic and the manuscript is dated between year 0 and 100 AD around the Greek period and the Roman period.〔〔〔 It is probably a transcript of an earlier manuscript.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Insinger Papyrus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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