Khun-Anup

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Khun-Anup is the eloquent peasant of ancient Egyptian literature whose articulate pleas for justice make him a classic symbol of moral and legal righteousness.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khun-Anup canonical 3
the eloquent peasant Khun-Anup 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian literary character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn "The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant" ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Ma'at ⓘ
justice ⓘ
petitioning authorities ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian ⓘ
influencedField Egyptological studies of law and justice ⓘ
studies of ancient rhetoric ⓘ
languageOfText Middle Egyptian ⓘ
literaryGenre didactic literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Middle Kingdom Egyptian literature ⓘ
makesPetitionTo Rensi ⓘ
medium written on papyrus ⓘ
moralQuality courage ⓘ
persistence ⓘ
sense of justice ⓘ
moralTheme the responsibility of officials to uphold justice ⓘ
the right of the poor to seek justice ⓘ
the value of eloquence in legal matters ⓘ
nameVariant Khunanup ⓘ
The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
narrativeFunction moral exemplar ⓘ
spokesman for the oppressed ⓘ
victim of injustice ⓘ
notableFor eloquent speeches ⓘ
pleas for justice ⓘ
occupation peasant ⓘ
opposes Nemtynakht ⓘ
preservedIn Berlin Papyrus 3023 ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Papyrus 3022

other fragmentary Middle Kingdom manuscripts ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist of "The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant" ⓘ
seeks fair legal hearing ⓘ
redress for robbery ⓘ
socialStatus commoner ⓘ
speechCharacteristic highly structured rhetoric ⓘ
use of metaphor ⓘ
use of parallelism ⓘ
studiedIn courses on Egyptian literature ⓘ
courses on ancient Near Eastern literature ⓘ
symbolizes legal righteousness ⓘ
moral righteousness ⓘ
the power of eloquent speech ⓘ
the pursuit of justice ⓘ
timeOfCompositionContext Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khunanup → nameVariant → Khun-Anup ⓘ
Papyrus Berlin 3023 → featuresCharacter → the eloquent peasant Khun-Anup ⓘ
linked to: Khun-Anup
King Nebkaure → interactsWithCharacter → the eloquent peasant Khun-Anup ⓘ
linked to: Khun-Anup