By assuming the role of Horus—the living god—the Pharaoh was given funeral rites in accord with his status, for by passing to the Afterlife he became Osiris (the dead god). He had to receive the proper preparation so that the ba or power of his soul would have a place to return. Hence the importance of mummification and the sacred texts that accompany the dead was to ensure that the ba not become an errant entity and instead offer adequate protection at the moment of the final judgment. With the Revolution of Osiris, after the First Intermediate Period, those rites spread to the common people to ensure their passage to the Afterlife. The Pharaohs were not the only ones to be ascribed sacred texts and to receive special preparation of their mortal remains; now, their subordinates and those without titles could as well. This leads to the questions: how were funerary rites modified when they were no longer exclusive to the elite and what were the consequences of these changes?