Identification
| Label | K0 |
| Group/Type | K |
| Siglum | - |
| EAT 1 Coffin | - |
| EAT 1 Group | V |
| Major Publications |
Murray (1904), Frankfort (1933), Neugebauer and Parker (1960), Pages 32-35 includes drawing, no plates available |
| Owner | The Osireion is often described as a model of the tomb of Osiris. It was built by Sety I, with decoration (including this star table) completed by his grandson Merneptah. |
| Provenance | Osireion, Abydos |
| Current Location | In situ in the Osireion, Abydos |
Characteristics
| Rows | 6 preserved, 12 assumed |
| Date Row | Yes |
| Columns | ? Presumably the star table was extensive, even complete, but only a few cells survive on the underside of a lintel. |
| Pattern | The small surviving portion maintains a perfect diagonal pattern. |
| Vertical Strip | The layout of this table is completely different from those on coffins - whether a representation of the vertical band was included is impossible to guess. |
| Horizontal Strip | Ditto |
| Other Text | This table is the only diagonal star table to label the rows with hour names. |
| Style | Unique, the only occurrence of a diagonal star table as decoration in a building. The layout is completely rearranged, allowing a whole month (three decades) to appear together, but with the two halves of the night (usually separated by the horizontal strip) treated separately. |
| Notes | This is the only fragment of a long thin diagonal star table. The layout of the table has been altered to fit the space available. The remaining portion is on the soffit of a lintel in a corridor between the Osireion's two outer chambers. It includes decans 15a spty and 15b ḫnwy; the only other diagonal star table to do so is K1. |
Schematic
| Legend for Schematic | |
|---|---|
| Parts of the table that were never originally present when compared to an ideal table | |
| Parts of the table that are obscured; any legible fragments are consistent with any numbers shown on this background | |
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Image: After Murray (1904).
K Decans
| Ordinary Decans | Triangle Decans | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 25 | |||||
| 2 | 15a | spty | 26 | ||||
| 3 | 15b | ḫnwy | 27 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | ḥry-ı͗b wı͗ꜣ | 28 | ||||
| 5 | 17 | sšmw | 29 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | knm | 30 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | tpy-ꜥ smd | 31 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | smd | 32 | ||||
| 9 | 21 | srt | 33 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 34 | |||||
| 11 | 23 | 35 | |||||
| 12 | 24 | 36 | |||||
| Legend for Decans | |
|---|---|
| - | Decans that do not occur on this table for lack of space or were omitted for unknown reasons, but which are part of the expected list |
| Parts of the decan list that are missing or unreadable from loss or damage | |