Abstract
The article presents a little-known wisdom text of the New Kingdom attested on a handful of ostraca from Deir el-Medina. The text is interesting for its rare stichical structure, each line beginning with imi=k, ‘You should not…’, and for the thematically independent nature of the sentences. Included is the hieroglyphic text and a translation with a philological commentary, as well as a discussion of the text's place within the ancient Egyptian didactic literary tradition.
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