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Background information: Ptahhotep was a civil servant and priest in Ancient Egypt. He is known for his aphorisms, or principles of truth, about Egyptian life and culture. This is one such passage about how to behave in a temple.

If you are in the antechamber,
Stand and sit as fits your rank,
Which was assigned to you the first day.
Do not trespass - you will be turned back.

—Ptahhotep, ca. 2300 BCE

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Author: Ptahhotep (the Old Kingdom official/teacher).
Written: about 2300 BCE (circa the late Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom; date is approximate).