Coffin Texts
E57847
The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells and inscriptions, mainly from the Middle Kingdom, intended to protect and guide the deceased in the afterlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coffin Texts canonical | 33 |
| Coffin Texts decoration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449004 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coffin Texts Context triple: [Isis, textualSource, Coffin Texts]
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A.
Pyramid Texts
The Pyramid Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian religious inscriptions carved inside Old Kingdom pyramids, intended to protect and guide the pharaoh in the afterlife.
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B.
Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film that reimagines ancient Egyptian deities and mythology in a visually extravagant, effects-driven adventure.
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C.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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D.
Five Books of Moses
The Five Books of Moses are the foundational texts of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses and comprising Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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E.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coffin Texts Target entity description: The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells and inscriptions, mainly from the Middle Kingdom, intended to protect and guide the deceased in the afterlife.
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A.
Pyramid Texts
The Pyramid Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian religious inscriptions carved inside Old Kingdom pyramids, intended to protect and guide the pharaoh in the afterlife.
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B.
Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film that reimagines ancient Egyptian deities and mythology in a visually extravagant, effects-driven adventure.
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C.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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D.
Five Books of Moses
The Five Books of Moses are the foundational texts of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses and comprising Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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E.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian funerary text
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magical text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| accessLevel | extended from royal to non-royal individuals ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 2055–1650 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
afterlife
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judgment of the dead ⓘ protection magic ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Anubis
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Geb ⓘ Nut ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Ra ⓘ Thoth ⓘ |
| contains |
hymns
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incantations ⓘ maps of the afterlife ⓘ mythological narratives ⓘ spells ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ |
| earliestAttestation | First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Pharaonic Egypt
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surface form:
Egypt
|
| includesSpellType |
protection spells
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provisioning spells ⓘ spells for knowledge of divine names ⓘ transformation spells ⓘ |
| influenced | Book of the Dead ⓘ |
| intendedPurpose |
guidance of the deceased in the afterlife
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protection of the deceased in the afterlife ⓘ |
| materialForm |
inscriptions on coffin exteriors
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inscriptions on coffin interiors ⓘ |
| medium |
papyrus
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stelae ⓘ tomb walls ⓘ wooden coffins ⓘ |
| peakUsage | Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pyramid Texts ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
Middle Egyptian
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surface form:
Middle Egyptian language
|
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| scholarlyField | Egyptology ⓘ |
| successor | Book of the Dead ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| typicalOwner |
non-royal elite
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provincial officials ⓘ |
| useContext | funerary context ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
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hieratic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coffin Texts Description of subject: The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells and inscriptions, mainly from the Middle Kingdom, intended to protect and guide the deceased in the afterlife.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coffin Texts decoration
subject surface form:
Sokar