Coffin Texts

proper noun

A corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary texts of the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, written on coffins and developed from the earlier Pyramid Texts.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary texts of the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, written on coffins and developed from the earlier Pyramid Texts.

Origin

  1. GermanSargtexte
  2. EnglishCoffin Texts

Calque of German Sargtexte.

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Translations

Arabic نُصُوص التَّوَابِيت
  • نُصُوص التَّوَابِيت (nuṣūṣ at-tawābīt)ancient Egyptian funerary texts
Czech Texty rakví
  • Texty rakvíancient Egyptian funerary texts
German Sargtexte
  • Sargtexteancient Egyptian funerary texts
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APA

Coffin Texts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coffin%20Texts

MLA

“Coffin Texts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coffin%20Texts. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Coffin Texts,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coffin%20Texts.

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