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The Book of the Opening of the Mouth: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals) - The Egyptian Texts with English Translations (Hardcover)
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The Book of the Opening of the Mouth: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals) - The Egyptian Texts with English Translations (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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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 up 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 second 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 primitive indigenous
inhabitants of the Nile Valley.
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