- b ear ers ' ▁songs ▁were ▁preserved ▁as ▁written ▁vers es ▁in ▁tomb ▁ins cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁middle ▁class ▁and ▁a ▁growth ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁scri bes ▁needed ▁for ▁the ▁expanded ▁b ureau c racy ▁under ▁Sen us ret ▁II ▁helped ▁sp ur ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁literature . ▁Later ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁considered ▁the ▁literature ▁from ▁this ▁time ▁as ▁" class ic ". ▁St ories ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁T ale ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ip w reck ed ▁S ail or ▁and ▁the ▁Story ▁of ▁S inu he ▁were ▁composed ▁during ▁this ▁period , ▁and ▁were ▁popular ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁widely ▁copied ▁afterwards . ▁Many ▁philosoph ical ▁works ▁were ▁also ▁created ▁at ▁this ▁time , ▁including ▁the ▁Dis put e ▁between ▁a ▁man ▁and ▁his ▁Ba ▁where ▁an ▁unh appy ▁man ▁convers es ▁with ▁his ▁soul , ▁The ▁Sat ire ▁of ▁the ▁Tr ades ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁scri be ▁is ▁pra ised ▁above ▁all ▁other ▁jobs , ▁and ▁the ▁magic ▁tales ▁supposed ly ▁told ▁to ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁ph ara oh ▁Kh uf u ▁in ▁the ▁West car ▁Pap yrus . ▁ ▁Ph ara oh s ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elf th ▁through ▁E igh teenth ▁D ynast y ▁are ▁cred ited ▁with ▁pres erving ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁interesting ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁pap y ri : ▁▁▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁BC : ▁Ak hm im ▁Wood en ▁Table t ▁▁ 1 9