Abstract
Egyptian religion. Parts of the textual material relevant to the ritual of 'Opening the Mouth' have been known for many years from notes taken by Champollion and Rosellini. In I88I and I890 a collection of these texts was published by Schiaparelli and some years later, in I906, they were republished by Wallis Budge. The latest edition was made by Eberhard Otto in I960, thereby incorporating some new material previously unknown. The body of texts included in these publications will in this paper be called 'the Theban texts'. This will make it easier to separate the ritual they represent from those hinted at in another body of texts of a more residual character. This latter category will be treated later on.
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