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The Book of the Opening of the Mouth: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals) - The Egyptian Texts with English Translations (Hardcover)
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The Book of the Opening of the Mouth: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals) - The Egyptian Texts with English Translations (Hardcover)
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The recital of The Book of Opening the Mouth and the Liturgy of
Funerary Offerings were in use among the Predynastic Egyptians of
the later part of the Neolithic Period, before the art of writing
had evolved, and continued to exercise a considerable influence on
Egyptian religious literature until the time of Roman Empire. The
ceremonies were believed to enable the spiritual elements of the
deceased to continue their existence. The object of the formulae
was the reconstitution of the body and the restoration to it of the
heart-soul ('Ba'). This is the first volume of The Book of Opening
the Mouth, first published in 1909, which is edited from three
copies written in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-sixth
Dynasties respectively. It is believed they describe faithfully the
forms of the rites which originated among the indigenous
inhabitants of the Nile Valley.
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