Identification
Label | T1 |
Group/Type | T |
Siglum | S1C |
EAT 1 Coffin | 1 |
EAT 1 Group | I |
Major Publications |
Neugebauer and Parker (1960), Pages 4-5, Plates 1-2 Zitman (2010), Pages 157 ff, 328 |
Owner | MsHt(i) |
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 & smd mHty, nTr DA pt & rmn Hry, spd & imy-xt spd, Axwy & imy-xt Axwy, HAt xAw & pHwy xAw, xntt Hrt & xntt Xrt |
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. |
Schematic
Legend for Schematic | |
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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 the numbers shown |
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Image: Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Decans
Ordinary Decans | Triangle Decans | ||||||
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1 | wSAt bkAt | 13 | srt | A | smd rsy | ||
2 | ipDs | 14 | sAwy srt | 26 | abwt | B | smd mHty |
3 | sbSsn | 15 | Xry xpd srt | 27 | Xrt wart | C | nTr DA pt |
4 | xntt Hrt | 16 | tpy-a Axwy | 28 | tpy-a spd | D | rmn Xry |
5 | xntt Xrt | 17 | imy-xt Axwy | 29 | spd | E | xAw 2 |
6 | Tms n xntt | 18 | Axwy | 30 | knmt | F | tpy-a spd |
7 | qdty | 31 | sAwy knmt | G | imy-xt spd | ||
8 | "xnwy" | 20 | qd | 32 | Xry xpd n knmt | H | Axwy |
9 | Hry-ib wiA | 21 | xAw | 33 | HAt xAw | I | xAw |
10 | "crew" | 22 | art | 34 | pHwy xAw | J | nTr DA pt |
11 | knm | 23 | Xry art | 35 | TmAt Hrt | K | pHwy sAbw |
12 | smd srt | 24 | rmn Hry | 36 | TmAt Xrt |
Legend for Decans | |
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Decans that occur on this table | |
Decans that do not occur on this table, but a space is left for them because they may have occurred on the ideal table | |
Parts of the decan list that are missing owing to loss or damage |
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 bAwy and 25 rmn Xry) in the main body and so has two occurences of the TmAt decans at the beginning of the beginning of the ordinary decans and just before the triangle. However, T1 uniquely preserves rmn Xry in the list columns, giving weight to its place as one of the two missing decans. T1 also lacks the final triangle decan L sAbw. 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).