u/FanieFourie

Image 1 — Coffin of Khnumnakht
Image 2 — Coffin of Khnumnakht
Image 3 — Coffin of Khnumnakht
Image 4 — Coffin of Khnumnakht
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Coffin of Khnumnakht

Hi all! I need help with translating the text on the Coffin of Khnumnakht (one of the brothers from the "Tomb of Two Brothers"). How would one translate 𓇋𓄪𓐍𓇋𓐍𓇋𓂋 (I made a red line next to it on the photos)? I struggle with this part of the text and see it is all over the coffin. Currently I'm think of jmꜣj jḫ r meaning "Who is worthier than...?" But I don't feel too confident therewith. j**ḫ does not have its normal 𓏛 determinative. And should jḫ not be at the beginning of the clause? But then I start to think of a type of inversion where the author would want to emphasize that Khnumnakht is worthy so it is placed first. Any thoughts on this? After a journey of 3 years, I finally finished Allen's Middle Egyptian Grammar 🥳 and feel confident in starting to translate Egyptian text outside of the Textbook. This is my first "big" translation project. Pretty exciting! 🤩 So, I'm still new to this and nay assistance would be helpful.

Thank you in advance!

u/FanieFourie — 14 days ago

Is there a "newer" database for Coffin Text Spells than De Buck?

Hi all, I am currently busy with a study into Coffin Text Spells. I am using De Buck as a source for the coffin texts and I don't see a problem with it. But with the research proposal, it was mentioned that it is a bit too "old" and I must see if I can find anything "newer". I have it as De Buck is the standard go-to database for Coffin Texts that is still used today by Egyptologists. I don't know of another "newer" source than De Buck if you know of any, please let me know or please correct me if I am wrong.

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u/FanieFourie — 5 months ago