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 is, for the deceased himself. Whilst the priest walked round the statue the Kher ḥeb said the following words four times:--


 * "[Here is] Semmȧn! [Here is] Semmȧn!
 * Open thy mouth, O Unȧs, and taste thou the taste thereof in the halls of the god,
 * for Semmȧn is the emission of Horus, for Semmȧn is the emission of Set,


 * for Semmȧn is the stablisher of the heart of the two Hawk-gods
 * (i.e., Horus and Set). Thou art cleansed with ḥemsen (natron)
 * and thou art like unto the followers of Horus."

The libation thus poured out either represented the essence of Horus and the essence of Set, which was the