Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book of the dead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: book of the dead
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.

name

Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ethiopian Book of the Dead.

Etymology

A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.

Questions

What does book of the dead mean?: An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
Where does book of the dead come from?: A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his 1842 publication describing the text.

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