A collection of ancient Egyptian funerary texts consisting of spells or magic formulas that are intended to aid the deceased in their passage to the hereafter. The text was painted on or in burial coffins from the First Intermediate period (c 2130-1939 BC) and the Middle Kingdom (1938-c 1600 BC). Many of the Coffin Texts were derived from the Pyramid Texts, a sequence of often-obscure spells carved on the internal walls of the Old Kingdom pyramids, but were used by private individuals. More than 1000 spells are known. The Coffin Texts combined with the Pyramid Texts were the primary sources of the Book of the Dead, which was in prominent use during the New Kingdom and Late period. These three collections represent the main body of Egyptian religious literature.