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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Declaration of Innocence canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian funerary text ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ
addressedTo 42 assessor gods ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
approximateDate 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
associatedWithConcept ethical conduct ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral purity ⓘ
truth ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Maʿat ⓘ
linked to: Ma'at

Osiris ⓘ
category ancient ethical texts ⓘ
funerary literature ⓘ
contains list of sins not committed ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
dateOfOrigin New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Book of the Dead

coffin inscriptions ⓘ
tomb papyri ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Confession of Innocence ⓘ
Negative Confession ⓘ
influenced later interpretations of Egyptian ethics ⓘ
language Egyptian language ⓘ
notableManuscript Papyrus of Ani ⓘ
partOf Book of the Dead ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
sectionNumberInBookOfTheDead Spell 125 ⓘ
structure series of denials of wrongdoing ⓘ
studiedIn Egyptology ⓘ
usedIn judgment of the dead ⓘ
weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spell 125 → hasAlternativeName → Declaration of Innocence ⓘ
Negative Confession → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Innocence ⓘ