Identification
| Label | T8 |
| Group/Type | T |
| Siglum | A1C |
| EAT 1 Coffin | 8 |
| EAT 1 Group | II |
| Major Publications |
Neugebauer and Parker (1960), Pages 14-15, Plates 14-15 Willems (1995) (contains a complete analysis of the textual program of the coffin, but uses Neugebauer and Parker's reading and analysis of the star table) Cockcroft & Symons (2013) (updates Neugebauer and Parker's reading of the list columns) |
| Owner | @qAt |
| Provenance | Aswan |
| Current Location |
Nubian Museum, Aswan; on display CG 28127; JE 36418 (originally in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo) |
Characteristics
| Rows | 12 |
| Date Row | Yes |
| Columns | 36 + 3 |
| Pattern | Orderly except for the beginning of the upper left-hand quadrant. |
| Vertical Strip | Sopdet Sahu Meskhetiu Nut |
| Horizontal Strip |
(R to L) Nut, Sahu & Meskhetiu, Sopdet, smd rsy & smd mHty, nTr DA pt & rmn Hry, tpy-a spd & imy-xt spd, Axwy & imy-xt Axwy, HAt xAw & pHwy xAw, xntt Hrt & xntt Xrt No big red circle is present at the beginning of the offering formula. |
| Other Text | "A coffin text follows" (EAT1, p 15) |
| Style | Unique: very cursive, executed in black only. No stars separating decan names, but a whole column of stars are placed before the vertical strip and another at the end of the table. |
Schematic
Note 1: The cell (C3,10) marked with a * is written as a pHwy similar to the occurrences of pHwy in the date row. It is not a decan by itself; see Cockcroft & Symons (2013) for more details.
Note 2: The cell (C3,12) contains the only known occurrence of the decan HAt sAbw; see Cockcroft & Symons (2013) for more details.
| 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 the numbers shown | |
Click on the image below to view more images of T8.
Images taken by Sarah Symons and Robert Cockcroft.
Decans
| Ordinary Decans | Triangle Decans | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | L | sAbw |
| M | HAt sAbw | ||||||
| Legend for Decans | |
|---|---|
| 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 table preserves L sAbw, the twelfth triangle decan, in the list columns only. It is also the only known table to preserve M HAt sAbw (Cockcroft & Symons, 2013). However, the triangle is not well-listed, despite being well-represented in the main body of the table. 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.
This table is, with T6, one of only two diagonal star tables on public display in Egypt. It is the easier of the two to view as it is displayed standing upright on one of its long edges. Unfortunately, the star table is upside down.