Fragment of a coffin



Accession Number
EC416
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
Periods
Late Period to Graeco-Roman Period
Material
Wood
Number of Elements
1
Divine Name
Atum | Geb | Osiris | Osiris-Sokar | Re-Horakhty

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Description

Coffin fragment with hieroglyphs inside and out (probably the Book of the Dead). Those inside consist of a series of offering formula. Probably Late Period or Graeco-Roman.

Inscription

Inscription on the inside, from right to left: (1) ḥtp di͗ nswt n wsi͗r ḫnty-i͗mntt nṯr ꜥꜣ nb pt nb ꜣbḏw di͗.f ḥtpw nb ḏfꜣw nb i͗rp […] (1) An offering which the King gives to Osiris, Foremost of the West, the Great God, Lord of the Sky, Lord of Abydos, (in order that) he may give all offerings, all provisions, wine […] (2) ḥtp di͗ nswt gb i͗ry-pꜥt nṯrw di͗.f ḫt nb<t> nfr<t> wꜥb<t> ḫt nb<t> nḏm bnr n kꜣ n wsi͗r […] (2) An offering which the King gives to Geb, the Hereditary Prince of the Gods, (in order that) he may give everything good and pure, and everything sweet and pleasant for the ka of the Osiris […] (3) ḥtp di͗ nswt tm nb tꜣwy i͗wnw di͗.f prt-ḫrw t ḥnḳt kꜣw ꜣpdw snṯr mnḫt šs ḥtpw nb ḏfꜣw [nb] (3) An offering which the King gives to Atum, Lord of the Two Lands, the Heliopolitan, (in order that) he may give a voice offering of bread, beer, cattle fowl, incense, linen, alabaster, all offerings, [all] provisions […] (4) ḥtp di͗ nswt gb i͗ry-pꜥt nṯrw nbw di͗.f ḥtpw nb ḏfꜣw nb i͗rp […] (4) An offering which the King gives to Geb, the Hereditary Prince all the Gods, (in order that) he may give all offerings, all provisions, wine […] (5) ḥtp di͗ nswt rꜥ-ḥr-ꜣḫty nṯr ꜥꜣ nb pt ḥry nṯrw nbw di͗<.f> prt-ḫrw t ḥnḳt kꜣw ꜣpdw snṯr […] (5) An offering which the King gives to Re-Horakhty, the Great God, Lord of the Sky, Chief of all the Gods, (in order that) <he> may give a voice offering of bread, beer, cattle, fowl, incense […] (6) ḥtp di͗ nswt n wsi͗r-skr ḥryt-i͗b štyt di͗.f ḥtpw nb ḏfꜣw nb n kꜣ n wsi͗r […] (6) An offering which the King gives to Osiris-Sokar, who resides in Shetayet, (in order that) he may give all offerings and all provisions for the ka of the Osiris […]

Language
Egyptian
Script
Hieroglyphic
Last modified: 28 Sep 2020

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