Maker Egyptian
Title
  • The Book of the Dead of Nes-Min, Section 18
Date between 4th and 3rd century BCE
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)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, and Hill Memorial Fund
Accession Number 1988.10.18
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Inscriptions Inscribed: This leaf contains the text of: The continuation of BD 147 from leaf 17. BD 127 The Book of Worshiping the Gods of the Caverns. BD 148 For Making Provisions for a Spirit in the Realm of the Dead. BD 149 For Knowing the Mounds in the House of Osiris (beginning)
1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)