Amenemope

Amenemope (also called Amenemope son of Kanakht) is the name attached to an ancient Egyptian wisdom text, the *Instruction of Amenemope*. The work survives in manuscripts from the late New Kingdom into the early Third Intermediate Period and belongs to the tradition of “instructions” that offer ethical and practical guidance for conduct in society. Amenemope is presented within the text as a teacher addressing his son, and his name functions as the authorial voice for its maxims on restraint, fairness, and self-control. Beyond what the text and its manuscript tradition indicate, his historical identity and life details remain uncertain.