The Coffin Texts
← all texts · Egyptian · c. 2100–1800 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
What this is
Funerary spells painted on the coffins of Middle Kingdom officials — the afterlife "democratized" from kings down to nobles. The link between the royal Pyramid Texts and the universal Book of the Dead.
Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The Pyramid Texts
Egyptian
The older royal source these spells were adapted from.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Egyptian
The New Kingdom successor that absorbed and expanded this material.