The
Coffin Texts are a collection of
ancient Egyptian funerary
spells written on coffins beginning in the
First Intermediate Period. They are partially derived from the earlier
Pyramid Texts, reserved for royal use only, but contain substantial new material related to everyday desires, indicating a new target audience of common people. Ordinary Egyptians who could afford a coffin had access to these funerary spells and the
pharaoh no longer had exclusive rights to an afterlife.