Declaration of Innocence
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The Declaration of Innocence is an ancient Egyptian funerary text in which the deceased proclaims their moral purity before the gods during the judgment of the dead.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian funerary text
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ ritual speech ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
42 assessor gods
ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
ethical conduct
ⓘ
justice ⓘ moral purity ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Maʿat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
ancient ethical texts
ⓘ
funerary literature ⓘ |
| contains | list of sins not committed ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin | New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalContent |
prohibition of adultery
ⓘ
prohibition of blasphemy ⓘ prohibition of causing suffering to humans and animals ⓘ prohibition of cheating in measures ⓘ prohibition of harming others ⓘ prohibition of lying ⓘ prohibition of murder ⓘ prohibition of polluting water ⓘ prohibition of sacrilege ⓘ prohibition of theft ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Book of the Dead manuscripts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coffin inscriptions ⓘ tomb papyri ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Confession of Innocence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Negative Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of Egyptian ethics ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian language ⓘ |
| notableManuscript | Papyrus of Ani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Book of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to aid the deceased in the judgment of the dead
ⓘ
to assert the moral purity of the deceased ⓘ |
| recitedBy | deceased person ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
afterlife protection
ⓘ
judgment ritual ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Egyptian afterlife beliefs ⓘ |
| script |
hieratic
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hieroglyphic ⓘ |
| sectionNumberInBookOfTheDead | Spell 125 ⓘ |
| structure | series of denials of wrongdoing ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Egyptology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
judgment of the dead
ⓘ
weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.