Opening the Mouth with the Leg, the Meskha and the Ur-hekau

[Then shall the Sem] say to the statue of the Osiris, the king Men-Maat-Ra, giver of life: “I have come to embrace you. I am Horus. I have pressed for you your mouth. I am your son, your beloved one. I have opened for you your mouth. “Your mother smites you and weeps for you. Those who were bound with you (i.e., Isis and Nephthys) smite you. Your mouth has been made firm. “I have made to balance for you your mouth conformably to your teeth, O statue of king Men-Maat-Ra, the ever-living. I have opened for you your mouth, with the Leg, the Eye of Horus.” “Your mouth has been made firm. I have balanced for you your mouth conformably to your teeth, O statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra. I have opened for you your mouth, O statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, the ever-living. I have opened for you the two eyes.”⁠a [And the Sem shall also] say: “Hail, statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, son of Ra, Seti-mer-en-Ptah, I have opened for you your mouth with the instrument of Anpu, I have unclosed for you your mouth with the instrument of Anpu, [with] the meskha (i.e., “thigh”) of iron with which the mouth of the gods was opened. “Horus shall unclose the mouth of this statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, Horus shall open the mouth of the Osiris, king Seti-mer-en-Ptah, Horus has opened the mouth of the statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, son of Ra, Seti-mer-en-Ptah, even as he opened the mouth of his father, as he opened the mouth of Osiris, with the iron which comes forth from Set. “With the meskha of iron with which he opened the mouth of the gods shall be opened the mouth of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra. He shall walk and he shall talk, and his body shall be with the Great Company of the gods in the House of the Great Aged Prince, who dwells in Aunu (Heliopolis). And he shall take possession of the Urerit Crown there before Horus, the Lord of mankind.” And the Am As shall say: “My father, my father! My father, my father! My father, my father! My father, my father!” And the Sem says: “Your mouth has been made firm for you. I have made to balance your mouth for you conformably to your teeth, O statue of Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, son of Ra, Seti-mer-en-Ptah. “Lifts up for you the goddess Nut your head. Behold, Horus has taken possession of his Urerit Crown [and] the words of power. Behold, Set has taken possession of his Urerit Crown [and] the words of power. Behold, she (i.e., Nut) has come forth with your head. “All the gods bring to you [words of power], they recite them for you, they make you live, you become a lord of two-fold strength, you make for yourself the passes of life with them, [and life] is round about this statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra. You are protected, and you shall not die. “You shall make your transformations among the Kau (or, Doubles) of all the gods. You shall rise up as the King of the South, you shall rise up as the King of the North. You are endowed with strength like all the gods [and] their Kau. “And behold, this statue of the Osiris, king Men-Maat-Ra, is Shu, the son of Tem, and [as] he lives [so] shall you live. Shu has provided you [with all things]. Shu has exalted you to the height of heaven. Shu has made you to be a wonder. Shu has endowed you with strength. “You have made the passes which place life round about the statue of the Osiris, Men-Maat-Ra, son of Ra, Seti-mer-en-Ptah, the ever-living. Your fluid of life is round about him, and this the statue of the Osiris Men-Maat-Ra shall not die. “Horus has opened for you your mouth. He has opened for you your two eyes with the two divine instruments, and with the Ur-hekau instrument with which he opened the mouth of every god of the South.” And the Am As shall say: “My father, my father! My father, my father! My father, my father! My father, my father!”