Box coffin of the fleet commander Idi
The box coffin of the fleet commander Idi was in Assiut ( Egypt ) around 1850 BC. And is one of the scientific and popular highlights in the museum of the University of Tübingen .
The coffin is assembled from irregular acacia boards . The coffin dates back to the middle of the 12th Dynasty , when coffins were still box-shaped before being made in the shape of the person buried. The lid was originally fixed flush to the coffin with semicircular beams.
The outside is decorated with a sacrificial formula, on the eastern wall large eyes are painted at the head end with which the dead could watch the sunrise. The inside was decorated with pictures of various devices and objects that the deceased needed for everyday life in the afterlife. An example are the sandals shown at the foot end. At the head end there is a headrest, sayings for the afterlife and a list of offerings with which the dead should be ritually provided.
The coffin is one of around seventeen calendar coffins that exist worldwide and the only one that has survived in Germany. It shows a so-called diagonal star clock with a list of stars that shows the rise of the various fixed stars over the course of the year. The night is divided into twelve hours. Depending on the season, the rising of the stars changes, which, due to the apparent movement of the starry sky, become visible again at dawn after a long period of invisibility. With it the dead, who as a seafarer knew his way around the starry sky during his lifetime, should probably also be able to determine the time in the hereafter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Collections. Museum of the University of Tübingen MUT.
- ^ A b Working group for regional studies / regional history RP Tübingen. Objects of the dead: Idi's coffin.
- ↑ Michael Vosseler: boxes as art.
- ↑ Egyptian Collection: The mummies stay in the magazine. Tagblatt, February 20, 2010.
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '10.15 " N , 9 ° 3' 3.3" E