In the next two ceremonies the SEM priest offers two vessels of
wine to the deceased, each containing a Hathes measure; one
vessel is made of some white material, and the other of black.
Whilst the former is being offered the Kher heb says:-- "Osiris
Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been presented unto thee; it hath
been snatched from the hand of Set, and thou hast taken
possession of it for thy mouth, and thou hast opened thy mouth
therewith." And whilst the latter is being offered he says:--
"Osiris Unas, thy mouth is opened by that which floweth(?) from
thee." The words "Eye of Horus which hath been snatched from the
hand of Set" refer to the belief that it was Set, the god of
darkness, who swallowed the sun and moon during eclipses, and
devoured the moon piecemeal after it was fourteen days old. The
Eye of Horus was restored to him sometimes by Shu, who snatched
it out of the hand of Set, 1 but more frequently by Thoth, who
is often represented in the form of an ibis-headed man carrying
the Eye of Horus before