(The ritual of opening the mouth)
It is one of the important funerary rituals performed on statues of deities, kings and individuals, or on human and animal mummies, such as the fish they sanctify – and the calf is yep in the area (Deir el-Medina).
– The reason for the name of this ritual:
The opening of the mouth ritual was aimed at reviving the animal forces that lie within the divine or animal entity.
Although the ritual was known as the opening of the mouth rite, it was not performed for the mouth only, but for the mouth, nose, ears and eyes, and it was associated in particular with all the senses of the deceased person. ..
Who performs the ritual of opening the mouth?
The priest (Sim) wears the head of Anubis and also the chanting priest and sometimes the son of the deceased eldest. The son he loves.)
* Palermo stone:
It was mentioned in the texts of the Palermo stone that the ritual was performed in what is known as HWT-NBW, which means the House of the Two Examples, and it is the place where statues are made. And the arts, about the practice of rituals in the old state.
It is a ritual that the ancient Egyptians followed since ancient times during the mummification of the deceased. After the deceased’s body was embalmed and completely covered with flax wraps, the ritual of opening the mouth was performed on him before placing him in the coffin in the presence of the priests and his relatives. The purpose of those rituals was to empower the mummy from all.
The tools that were used in the ritual:
– The bull’s front foot, which is taken from it after its slaughter, gives the deceased strength and vitality, and the mouth of the deceased is touched with the bull’s foot, and the last stage is to prepare the feast for the deceased.
– The so-called knife was, in fact, used to cut the umbilical cord of the child, or perhaps he was brandishing it at the deceased’s mother.
The blades were used to purify the mouth symbolically, and about them in the Pyramids Texts, a tool that takes the form of
A tool that takes the shape of the little finger of the hand and was mentioned in the texts of the pyramids
I also used some utensils and some other tools
The so-called knife (psS-kf)
The wr-HkAw . Tool
leg. bull (Hps
Chisel (mDt-ft)
toolbox
– And also, the rituals of restoring the soul were performed before the dynastic era. Since the ancient state, the pharaohs asked to make statues of them to be kept in special places even after their death. After the king’s death, the priests of Horus would place the statue of the king in his holy shrine so that he would have taken the image of Osiris. After completing the embalming of his corpse, which took 70 days, the priests of Anubis complete the ritual of opening the mouth.