The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq (or Ankhsheshonqy) is an Ancient Egyptian papyrus that has been tentativly dated to the Ptolemaic period, although the content may be earlier in origin. It contains and introductory narrative and a list of maxims on many topics, its style has been described as pragmatic and humorous. The papyrus was obtained in 1896 by the British Museum

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 (papyrus #10508).

It is twenty-eight pages long, with major damage on pages 1-2, and 24-28.

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• Papyrus from the Instruction of Ankhsheshonqy at the British Museum
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Source

• Miriam Lichtheim
  Miriam Lichtheim
  Miriam Lichtheim was a translator of ancient Egyptian texts whose translations are still widely used.-Biography:In the 1930s she studied under Hans Jakob Polotsky at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem...
  
  . Ancient Egyptian Literature: The Late Period. University of California Press
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  , 2006. Pages 159-180.