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irt mi sḫprw n ddt tpw ꜥw mi… sny sny rꜣ atw.f ꜥ.k tpw ꜥw bꜣk nḫtw m rḫ m ꜥk mdt sn mn m sšw pgꜣ šdi
sny sny.k r rḫ ḫprw m sbꜣyw mdw wr nfr wꜣḥ ib

Act according to what has been said by the ancestors, Copy Them, Words of Fathers his, ancestors you
Reward Victories…of knowledge, use sayings theirs established in books Open, Read, Copy Them You,
words (of) knowledge, Become (their) Teachings, Words Mighty Beautiful, Apply (for) Intelligence

“Consider the Ancestors as an archetype of the Ideal and emulate them in thought and deed, for what we
create is brought forth from right knowledge. Look, and meditate on how their words are engraved in
stone and are everlasting. Open your eyes, so that you may study their words and reproduce their acts;
for the master had once the need of a guide.”

Aksel Volten, Zwei Altagyptische Politische Schriften, Die Lehre Fur Konig Merikare (Pap. Carlsberg VI) und Die
Lehre Des Konigs Amenemhet (Kobenhavn: Einar Munksgaard, 1945) pp. 13-14.

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