Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 40x60cm Psalm 23 somewhere near Cisthene

somewhere near Cisthene

Length: 6cm / 2

Depth: 9cm / 4

Zeus was told that his son would take his throne from him

considered a manifestation of the pharaoh in the afterlife

Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 40x60cm Psalm 23 somewhere near CistheneThe ceremony involved a symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent head blade, and a variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the