Coffin Texts

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian funerary text
gptkbp:category Egyptian funerary texts
Middle Kingdom literature
gptkbp:contains prayers
incantations
spells
gptkbp:date c. 1600 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy archaeologists
gptkbp:examplesFoundAt gptkb:Asyut
gptkb:Meir
gptkb:Beni_Hasan
gptkb:Deir_el-Bersha
gptkb:El_Bersheh
gptkbp:firstPublished late 19th century
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:cemetery
burial chambers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Coffin Texts
gptkbp:includes ritual instructions
mythological narratives
magical formulas
gptkbp:influenced later Egyptian funerary literature
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic
gptkbp:mainTheme afterlife journey
protection of the dead
transformation of the soul
gptkbp:material wooden coffins
gptkbp:notableSpell gptkb:Spell_113_(transformation_into_a_bird)
gptkb:Spell_336_(protection_from_snakes)
over 1,000
Spell 76 (becoming a falcon)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:preservedIn museums
gptkbp:purpose guide the deceased in the afterlife
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Egyptian_religion
gptkb:Osiris_myth
solar theology
gptkbp:script hieroglyphs
hieratic
gptkbp:significance democratization of afterlife texts
gptkbp:startDate c. 2100 BCE
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Egyptologists
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Book_of_the_Dead
gptkbp:targetAudience non-royal individuals
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Middle_Kingdom_Egypt
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Middle_Egyptian_language
coffins
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:right
gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4