The coffins of Imeni and Geheset. Sources from the transition period between Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead.

在这个项目中，我将分析来自中王国的两具木制棺材，它们是2004年由德国开罗考古研究所在德拉阿布纳迦墓地H区挖掘时发现的。这一套是用来埋葬一位名叫Geheset的女士的。然而，外部棺材最初是为埋葬一位名叫伊梅尼的法官而设计的。该项目的主要目标是根据棺材所有部分的高质量摄影文件（还计划制作一个3D模型）和铭文的计算机副本，以及铭文的转录和音译，出版这两个棺材。此外，还打算进行类型分类。还将对三种不同类型的符号（浮雕、装饰象形文字和草书象形文字）进行古地学研究。在第二步，铭文和文本将被识别，咒语的内容将被评论，并与这一特定时期的宗教观念联系起来。在这种情况下，将使用一种称为“排序”的方法。《金字塔文本》、《棺材文本》和《亡灵之书》章节的组成对中王国末期《亡灵之书》的编辑工作时期的知识做出了重要贡献。因此，有必要逐个仔细地处理不同的文本，以确定文本是否仍然属于“棺材文本”，是否已经是“死亡之书”的一个章节，或者它是否是两者之间的一个阶段的例子。这个项目的另一个目的是，让人们更清楚地了解这些位于底比斯的文本的实际工作过程——关键词是“Textschmiede Theben”。因此，应该对一小群中王国晚期棺木（L1Li, S8X， M2NY和Imeni Asiut）进行更深入的研究。事实上，它们也显示了后来被确认来自《死亡之书》的章节的早期版本，结合了大量没有平行的文本，以及已经知道的《死亡之书》的早期来源（例如Mentuhotep， Satdjehuti, Herunefer）。此外，多视角的分析应该有助于：对中王国晚期的整个棺材进行示范性的调查；为了更清楚地了解这个棺材装饰的宗教思想和潜在概念；以及丧葬观念的变化和筛选，与早期的中王国和后来的时期有关。在这种背景下，对整个侧面以及整个棺材的装饰概念进行了深入的研究。最后，计划对棺材上命名的人的圈子进行更深入的调查，即Imeni和Geheset。法官伊梅尼和他的妻子是谁？Geheset吗?他们真正的关系是什么？在什么情况下，伊梅尼把他的棺材交给了盖塞特？是否有可能在其他项目和来源上找到它们？

In this project I will be analysing two wooden coffins from the Middle Kingdom, which were found in 2004 during an excavation by the German Archaeological Institut Cairo in the area H of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga. The set was used for the burial of a lady called Geheset. The exterior coffin was however originally intended for the burial of a judge called Imeni.The primary objective of the project is the publication of both coffins based on a high quality photographical documentation of all parts of the coffins - a 3D model is planned as well - and a computerised copy of the inscriptions, a transcription and a transliteration of the inscriptions. Moreover, a typological categorisation is intended. Palaeographical studies on the three different types of signs (relief, ornamental hieroglyphs and cursive hieroglyphs) will be undertaken as well.In a second step, the inscriptions and texts are going to be identified, and the content of the spells will be commented and linked with the religious concepts of this specific period of time. A method called "sequencing" will be used in this context. The composition of Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts and Chapters of the Book of the Dead promise an essential contribution to the knowledge of the period of the editorial work on the Book of the Dead at the end of the Middle Kingdom. Therefore, a careful treatment of the different texts one by one is necessary to decide, if a text belongs still to the Coffin Texts, if it is already a Chapter of the Book of the Dead or if it is an example for a stage between the two. To shed more light on this process of real work with the texts which is to be located in Thebes - keyword "Textschmiede Theben" - is also an aim of the project. Therefore, a small group of late Middle Kingdom coffins (L1Li, S8X, M2NY and Imeni Asiut) should be studied deeper. Indeed, they are also known to show early versions of chapters later identified as coming from the Book of Dead, in combination with a big amount of texts without parallel, as well as the already known early sources of the Book of the Dead (e.g. Mentuhotep, Satdjehuti, Herunefer).Moreover, a multi-perspective analysis should help: to produce an exemplary investigation of a whole coffin of the late Middle Kingdom; to get a clearer impression of the religious ideas and underlying concepts of the decoration of this coffin; as well as the changes and sifts of funerary concepts in relation with earlier sources from the Middle Kingdom and later Periods. In this context, an intense examination of the decoration concept of a whole side as well as the whole coffin is intended.Finally, a deeper investigation on the circle of persons named on the coffins, namely Imeni and Geheset, is planned. Who were the judge Imeni and his wife (?) Geheset? What was their real relationship? Under what circumstances did Imeni pass on his coffin to Geheset? Is it possible to locate them on further items and sources?