Inner coffin of Amenemhat, B9C

Metadata

knowledge domains
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Egyptian Museum

Inventory numbers:
CG 28091
JdE 34289

Find spot
Between Cairo and Assiut » Between Beni Hasan and el-Amarna » East Bank » Deir el-Bersha
Date
Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Middle Kingdom » 12th Dynasty
Text type
Magical spell
Material
Organic » Wood
Object type
Artefact » Container » Coffin
Script
Hieroglyphs » Cursive Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian
Editions

- de Buck 1954: A. de Buck, The Egyptian Coffin Texts. V. Texts of Spells 355-471, Oriental Institute Publications 73 (Chicago/Ill 1954), V 283c–285c.

Bibliographic references

- Barguet 1986: P. Barguet, Les textes des sarcophages égyptiens du Moyen Empire (Paris 1986), 327.

- Carrier 2004: C. Carrier, Textes des sarcophages du Moyen Empire égyptien. Tome II: spells [355] à [787] (Monaco 2004), 1050–1051.

- Faulkner 1977: R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts. Volume II Spells 355 - 787 (Warminster 1977), 74.

- Kamal 1901: A. Kamal, Fouilles à Déïr-el-Barsheh (mars-avril 1900), in: Annales du Service des antiquités de l’Égypte 2, 1901, 14–43, here: 24–30.

- Lacau 1906: P. Lacau, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Nos 28087-28126. Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire. Tome II (Le Caire 1906), 37–51.

- Lapp 1993: G. Lapp, Typologie der Särge und Sargkammern von der 6. bis 13. Dynastie, Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens 7 (Heidelberg 1993), Cat.-No. B1b.

- Lesko 1979: L. H. Lesko, Index of the Spells on Egyptian Middle Kingdom Coffins and Related Documents (Berkeley 1979).

- Stegbauer 2015: K. Stegbauer, Magie als Waffe gegen Schlangen in der ägyptischen Bronzezeit (Borsdorf 2015), 166–167 (Spell 11 = 434) (doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.529).

- Willems 1988: H. Willems, Chests of Life. A Study of the Typology and Conceptual Development of Middle Kingdom Standard Class Coffins (Leiden 1988).

- Willems et al. 2009: H. Willems et al., Report of the 2004–2005 Campaigns of the Belgian Mission to Deir al-Barsha, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo 65, 2009, 377–432 and pl. 44–46.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Author
Dr. Katharina Stegbauer
Author of metadata
Dr. Peter Dils

Translation and Commentary

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