About the Artwork
The Book of the Dead of Nes-Min
between 4th and 3rd century BCE
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Egyptian
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Ink on papyrus
various dimensions
Manuscripts
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, and Hill Memorial Fund
V2014.10
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
various inscriptions throughout the volume
Provenance
1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Limme, Luc. "Un `Prince Ramesside' Fantôme.” In Aegyptus Museis Rediviva: Miscellanea In Honorem Hermanni De Meulenaere. Bruxelles, 1993, p. 114, note 35, Thebes, doc. 7-10. [where Nesmin is identified as a "prophet of Neferhotep"]
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