Identification
| Label | T1 |
| Group/Type | T |
| Siglum | S1C |
| EAT 1 Coffin | 1 |
| EAT 1 Group | I |
| Major Publications |
Daressy (1900), Lacau (1904), Pogo (1932), Neugebauer and Parker (1960)Pages 4-5, Plates 1-2, Zitman (2010) Pages 157 ff, 328, Cockcroft & Symons (2014) |
| Owner | Msḥt(ı͗) |
| Provenance | Asyut (Zitman 2010) |
| Current Location |
Egyptian Museum, Cairo; Room P37, free-standing case (number 3349) |
Characteristics
| Rows | 12 |
| Date Row | Yes |
| Columns | 36 (I Akhet to IIII Shemu) + 4 list columns |
| Pattern | The diagonal pattern is well-ordered and there are minimal mistakes. Like all type T tables, there are only 34 ordinary decans. |
| Vertical Strip |
Nut |
| Horizontal Strip | (R to L) Meskhetiu, Nut, Sahu, smd rsy and smd mḥty, nṯr ḏꜣ pt and rmn ḥry, spd and ꞽmy-ḫt spd, ꜣḫwy and ꞽmy-ḫt ꜣḫwy, ḥꜣt ḫꜣw and pḥwy ḫꜣw, ḫntt ḥrt and ḫntt ẖrt |
| Other Text |
The final column is not labelled for the epagomenal days. The last two cells of the final column contain the text "Total of those who are in their places, the gods of the sky, 36" (EAT 1, p 5) |
| Style | The table appears between coffin texts - an unusual feature as the star tables usually take up the whole inner surface of the lid. The table gives the impression of being "dark" because the dark wood is mostly exposed - the original light-coloured ground has only survived in a few places. |
| Notes | This is the most complete diagonal star table, closest to the “ideal” model described in EAT1. Even so, like all other type T tables, it lacks two ordinary decans (19 bꜣwy and 25 rmn ẖry) in the main body and so has two occurrences of the ṯmꜣt decans at the beginning of the beginning of the ordinary decans and just before the triangle. However, T1 uniquely preserves rmn ẖry in the list columns, giving weight to its place as one of the two missing decans. T1 also lacks the final triangle decan L sꜣbw. The horizontal strip for T1 begins with a large red dot, as seen on most other tables, and not a nfr symbol (Cockcroft & Symons, 2014). |
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: Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Decans
| Ordinary Decans | Triangle Decans | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wšꜣt bkꜣt | 13 | srt | 25 | - | A | smd rsy |
| 2 | ı͗pḏs | 14 | sꜣwy srt | 26 | ꜥbwt | B | smd mḥty |
| 3 | sbšsn | 15 | ẖry ḫpd srt | 27 | ẖrt wꜥrt | C | nṯr ḏꜣ pt |
| 4 | ḫntt ḥrt | 16 | tpy-ꜥ ꜣḫwy | 28 | tpy-ꜥ spd | D | rmn ẖry |
| 5 | ḫntt ẖrt | 17 | ı͗my-ḫt ꜣḫwy | 29 | spd | E | ḫꜣw 2 |
| 6 | ṯms n ḫntt | 18 | ꜣḫwy | 30 | knmt | F | tpy-ꜥ spd |
| 7 | ḳdty | 19 | - | 31 | sꜣwy knmt | G | ı͗my-ḫt spd |
| 8 | "ḫnwy" | 20 | ḳd | 32 | ẖry ḫpd n knmt | H | ꜣḫwy |
| 9 | ḥry-ı͗b wı͗ꜣ | 21 | ḫꜣw | 33 | ḥꜣt ḫꜣw | I | ḫꜣw |
| 10 | "crew" | 22 | ꜥrt | 34 | pḥwy ḫꜣw | J | nṯr ḏꜣ pt |
| 11 | knm | 23 | ẖry ꜥrt | 35 | ṯmꜣt ḥrt | K | pḫwy sꜣbw |
| 12 | smd srt | 24 | rmn ḥry | 36 | ṯmꜣt ẖrt | L | - |
| 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 | |