Some Remarks to the Semantics of Image of Deity on the Coffin of Sepi III (Cairo CG 28083).

Mykola Tarasenko

doi:10.5209/eiko.74148

Some Remarks to the Semantics of Image of Deity on the Coffin of Sepi III (Cairo CG 28083).

Mykola Tarasenko A.Yu. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-2258

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Palavras-chave: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Coffin Texts, Spells 758-760, coffin of Sepi III, Cairo CG 28083, Re-Osiris, Mehen, Egyptian eschatological myth, iconography

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The problem of the iconography of a unique image of a deity drawn on the Middle Kingdom rectangular coffin of Sepi III (Cairo CG 28083; B1C; Deir el-Bersha; CT VI, 386) is discussed in the article. It is possible that the god is the first known image of the syncretic double god Re-Osiris. The deity (with a head unusually for Egyptian iconography unfolded in full face) is shown sitting on a throne with the inscription “millions (of years)”. The image of this god could be a visual display of the eschatological plot described in Spell 1130 of the Coffin Texts (the union of Atum(-Re) and Osiris after destruction of the Universe) at the end in the Book of Two Ways, that is represented on the bottom of Sepi’s coffin.

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2021-02-08

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Tarasenko, Mykola. “Some Remarks to the Semantics of Image of Deity on the Coffin of Sepi III (Cairo CG 28083)”. Eikón / Imago 10 (fevereiro 8, 2021): 229–239. Acesso em julho 31, 2026. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/74148.

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v. 10 (2021): Eternal Sadness

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Monographic theme

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