The Liturgy of Opening the Mouth for Breathing.

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Oxford: Griffith Institute 1993. Large 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (x 130pp. 11 pp. of plates some fold.); Includes bibliographical references (pp. 81-90). Printed in double columns. Fine. NOTE: 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 until the time of the Roman Empire.