Source books · Egyptian religion and magic
Coffin Texts
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- Traditions
- Egyptian religion and magic
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Landmark Wikipedia has an article about it in 32 languages.
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The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells written on Ancient Egyptian coffins beginning in the First Intermediate Period. They are partially derived from the earlier Pyramid Texts, reserved for royal use only, but contain substantial new material related to everyday desires, indicating a new target audience of common people. Coffin texts are dated back to 2100 BCE. Ordinary Egyptians who could afford a coffin had access to these funerary spells and the pharaoh no longer had exclusive rights to an afterlife.
From the Wikipedia article Coffin Texts, revision 1364675146, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q532105: “collection, text corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary spells written on coffins”.
In this study
In the chronology, among the works with no securely known author.
Extends formerly royal funerary privileges to a broader elite, elaborating the journeys, dangers and powers available after death.