cOFFIN TEXTS
3: Term referring to a group of overgthousand spells,
selections from which were inscribed on coffins during
theMiddle Kingdom, particularly the Illth and 12th
Dynasties (2055-1795 BC). Many of the Coffin Texts
were derived from the Pyramid Texts, a sequence of
[often-obscure spells carved on the internal walls of the
Old Kingdom pyramids,
During the Old Kingdom the afterlife had been the
prerogative of the king, who in death was identified with