IPUWER

ancient Egyptian sage. He perhaps served as a treasury official during the last years of Pepi II Neferkare (reigned c. 2294c. 2200 BC) and is known only because of the discovery of one poorly preserved manuscript relating his speech to the king and the royal court. Ipuwer's manuscript, often called The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage, is especially valuable for its commentary on the political and economic situation at the close of the Old Kingdom.