event · evt_egyfull_pyramid_texts_royal_corpus
Pyramid Texts enter the preserved royal funerary record
Funerary compositions were inscribed inside late Old Kingdom royal pyramids.
What is the evidence?
observation
Funerary compositions were inscribed inside late Old Kingdom royal pyramids.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2400 BCE–2300 BCE
Precision: range
highPreferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.
- informs · contextualizes religious change
Democratization of the Afterlife — Mark Smith (2009)Supports diachronic interpretation and cautions.
Locator: Funerary-text access and critique of democratization
Interpretation and caveats
The corpus records changing royal mortuary practice and textual transmission, not a static complete description of Egyptian religion.
Event context
Classification
Event type: textual and religious development
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Saqqara
Why it matters to the timeline
Adds textual and religious history beyond monument construction.
Research notes
- Supports diachronic interpretation and cautions. Role: contextualizes religious change. Locator: Funerary-text access and critique of democratization.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes religious change
Democratization of the Afterlife — Mark Smith (2009)Supports diachronic interpretation and cautions.
Locator: Funerary-text access and critique of democratization
Referenced records
- Saqqara · entity
- Pyramid Texts · entity