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tightly closed. His mouth is firmly stablished, and [his] two eyes are firmly stablished." The Sem priest
next presents to the deceased (Fig. 9) a cone-shaped offering,[2] and at the same time the Kher-heb says:
"Open the mouth and the two eyes, open the mouth and the two eyes. Thou hadst tightly closed thy
mouth, thou hast [again] opened thy two eyes." Then the Kher-heb says, on behalf of the Smer (Fig. 10)
priest who stands behind the deceased:
"One cometh unto thee for thy purification." Next the Se-mer-f comes forward with four boxes (Fig. 11)
in his hands, and the Kher-heb says: "O se-mer-f, take the four boxes of purification, press the mouth and
the two eyes, and open the mouth and the two eyes with each of them four times, and say, 'Thy mouth
and thy two eyes are firmly stablished, and they are restored aright,' and say also, 'I have firmly pressed
thy mouth, I have opened thy mouth, I have opened thy two eyes by means of the four boxes of
purification."' The Sem priest then approaches
[1. ### t'ettef.
2. A large collection of such offerings is exhibited in the Third Egyptian Room.]
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the deceased (Fig. 12) with the instrument ###[1], and the Kher-heb at the same time says: "O Sem priest,
lay the pesh-en-kef upon his mouth, and say, 'I have stablished for thee thy two jaw-bones in thy face
which was divided into two parts.'" The Sem priest next makes an offering of grapes (Fig. 13), the
Kher-heb saying: "O Sem priest, place the grapes upon his mouth and say, 'He bringeth to thee the eye of
Horus, he graspeth it; do thou also grasp it.'" After an ostrich feather has been offered (Fig. 14) by the
Sem priest, and a number of the ceremonies described above have been repeated, and other animals
slaughtered, the Kher-heb addresses the Sem priest, and says: "Take the instrument Tun-tet[2] (thrice)
and open the mouth and the eyes" (four times). He then continues: "O Sem priest, take the iron
instrument of Anubis, Tun-tet (thrice). Open the mouth and the two eyes (four times), and say, 'I open for
thee thy mouth with the iron instrument of Anubis with which he opened the mouths of the gods. Horus
openeth the mouth, Horus openeth the mouth,
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