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title: Coffin Texts
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
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# Coffin Texts

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## Image File

[![Coffin Texts](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6407.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6407.jpg)

## Image Caption

Rectangular wooden inner coffin of Sen from Deir el-Bersha, [Middle Kingdom of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt/), 12th Dynasty, c. 1850 BCE.

The British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2017, March 08). Coffin Texts. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6407/coffin-texts/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Coffin Texts." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 08, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6407/coffin-texts/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Coffin Texts." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Mar 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6407/coffin-texts/>.

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