The Book of the Dead of Nes-Min, Section 8

between 4th and 3rd century BCE

Egyptian

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Title The Book of the Dead of Nes-Min, Section 8

Artwork Date between 4th and 3rd century BCE

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Egyptian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Egyptian

Medium Ink on papyrus

Dimensions Framed: 22 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/8 inches (57.5 × 72.7 × 3.5 cm) Image (approx. average of leaf): 13 3/4 × 21 5/8 inches (34.9 × 54.9 cm)

Classification Manuscripts

Department African Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, and Hill Memorial Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1988.10.8

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Inscriptions Inscribed: This leaf contains the text of: BD 43: For Preventing a Man's Decapatation. BD 44: For Not Dying Again. BD 45: For Not Putrefying. BD 46: For Not Perishing and For Being Alive. BD 47: For Preventing the Taking of His Place and Throne. BD 48: (same as BD 10) For Not Letting Him Go Forth Against His Enemies in the West. BD 50: For Not Entering into the Shambles of the God (the God's Place of Execution). BD 51: For Not Walking Upside Down in the God's Domain. BD 52: For Not eating Dung in the God's Domain. BD 54: For Giving Breath to Him. BD 57: For Breathing Air and having Power Over Water. BD 59: For Breathing Air, etc. BD 60: The Double Doors of the Sky Are Opened. BD 61: For Not Letting a man's Soul be Taken Away. BD 63: For Drinking Water and Not Being Burnt by Fire. BD 67: For Opening the Tomb. BD 73: (Same as BD 9) For Going Out into the Day After Opening the Tomb. BD 74: For Being Swift-footed When Going Out from the Earth. BD 75: For Going to Heliopolis and Receiving a Throne There. BD 76: For Being Transformed into Any Shape One May Wish To Take. BD 77: For Being Transformed Into a Falcon of Gold. BD 78: For Being Transformed Into a Divine Falcon.

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1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

"Selected recent acquisitions." Bulletin of the DIA 64, no. 4 (1989): 55 (ill.).

Mosher, Jr., Malcolm. "Theban and Memphite Book of the Dead Traditions in the late Period." Journal Of The American Research Center In Egypt XXII (1992): 143-172, fig. 3.

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Egyptian, The Book of the Dead of Nes-Min, Section 8, between 4th and 3rd century BCE, ink on papyrus. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, and Hill Memorial Fund, 1988.10.8.