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- catalog abstract ""This is the oldest and most authentic guide to an ancient Egyptian temple ever written - its author was an ancient Egyptian priest who lived in the first century B.C., under the last kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty, when the construction and decoration of the huge temple of Edfu was completed. The anonymous priest's tasks was to compose a text long enough to make up a line of hieroglyphic inscription on the girdle wall of the temple, stretching around it to a length of some 300 meters, and in it describe the temple in detail - its layout and construction, the functions of its chambers and chapels, and its external appearance and the impression it conveyed to the faithful. The language of the text, arising within the long tradition of Egyptian temple building, is stylized and poetic, but remarkably, the priest fulfilled his assignment with such accuracy, devotion, and enthusiasm that the monumental inscription can be used today by the modern visitor as a reliable and informative guide to the temple." "The inscription is here translated in full, and appears with notes by the translator on the essentials of ancient Egyptian religion and ritual and on the discovery and documentation of Edfu Temple, while a comprehensive glossary explains unfamiliar terms and concepts. Illustrations of the temple, the original hieroglyphs, and the kings who build the temple complement the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Edfu. English".
- catalog contributor b13273575.
- catalog contributor b13273576.
- catalog coverage "Egypt Cairo.".
- catalog coverage "Idfū (Egypt) Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""This is the oldest and most authentic guide to an ancient Egyptian temple ever written - its author was an ancient Egyptian priest who lived in the first century B.C., under the last kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty, when the construction and decoration of the huge temple of Edfu was completed. The anonymous priest's tasks was to compose a text long enough to make up a line of hieroglyphic inscription on the girdle wall of the temple, stretching around it to a length of some 300 meters, and in it describe the temple in detail - its layout and construction, the functions of its chambers and chapels, and its external appearance and the impression it conveyed to the faithful. The language of the text, arising within the long tradition of Egyptian temple building, is stylized and poetic, but remarkably, the priest fulfilled his assignment with such accuracy, devotion, and enthusiasm that the monumental inscription can be used today by the modern visitor as a reliable and informative guide to the temple." "The inscription is here translated in full, and appears with notes by the translator on the essentials of ancient Egyptian religion and ritual and on the discovery and documentation of Edfu Temple, while a comprehensive glossary explains unfamiliar terms and concepts. Illustrations of the temple, the original hieroglyphs, and the kings who build the temple complement the text."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [85]-87).".
- catalog extent "xiii, 89 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Temple of Edfu.".
- catalog identifier "9774247647".
- catalog isFormatOf "Temple of Edfu.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng ger egy".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press,".
- catalog relation "Temple of Edfu.".
- catalog spatial "Egypt Cairo.".
- catalog spatial "Egypt Idfū.".
- catalog spatial "Idfū (Egypt) Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "DT73.I3 K8813 2004".
- catalog subject "Inscriptions, Egyptian Egypt Idfū.".
- catalog subject "Temple of Horus (Idfū, Egypt)".
- catalog title "Edfu. English".
- catalog title "The temple of Edfu : a guide by an ancient Egyptian priest / Dieter Kurth ; translated by Anthony Alcock.".
- catalog type "text".