Coffin Texts

There are some interesting parallels between these two artifacts. Both were made in the hope of aiding the dead in the afterlife -- in a spiritual sense in ancient Egypt, and in a much more literal sense in the 18th century.

For whatever reason you reminded me of coffin torpedoes.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffin-torpedos

I was imagining a collection of books inside the coffin, just in case the dearly departed became restless inside there.