UC-NRLF *B 315 T4T THE INSTRUCTION OF PTAH-HOTEP OF £\ XTbe xmts&om ot tbe East Series Edited by CRANMER-BYNG L. Dr. S. A. KAPADIA THE INSTRUCTION OF PTAH-HOTEP '- / (o First Edition • February-, 1906 Reprinted , April, 1908 Reprinted November, 1909 Second Edition • • • • August\ 1912 THE WISDOM OF THE EAST THE INSTRUCTION OF PTAH-HOTEP AND THE INSTRUCTION OF KE'GEMNI: THE OLDEST BOOKS THE WORLD IN TRANSLATED FROM THE EGYPTIAN WITHANINTRODUCTIONANDAPPENDIX BY BATTISCOMBE GUNN LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W> 1912 All Rights Reserved ,-^ TO MY MOTHER Vn.NOV.MCMIV