On the face of this stone of unknown purpose found within the EmbalmingHouse is an inscription containing the name of the Pharaoh SheshonkI. The god Anubis and a high priest of Ptah are performinga funerary ceremonycalled "Opening of the Mouth." The inscriptionalso tells of the king's order to build a purificationhall "for his father, the Osiris-Apls." 188