Selection and Enthronement of the Living Falcon of Edfu 2/21

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Selection and Enthronement of the Living Falcon of Edfu. Part 1 - In this first part of the inscription, the god Thoth addresses the newly selected living falcon of Edfu as the earthly divine falcon manifestation of Horus Behedeti. He proclaims the bird's eternal kingship (Neheh and Djet eternity) bestows millions of Sed-festivals upon it, and declares the new year perfect and peaceful, thereby ritually confirming and enthroning the falcon as the living divine ruler during its annual selection or renewal ceremony.

Chassinat, Le temple d’Edfou, Vol. 6, p. 92
Kurth, Edfu VI. Die Inschriften des Tempels von Edfu, Abteilung I, Übersetzungen, Band 3, p. 161

Images: relief sketch modified after Chassinat, Le temple d’Edfou, Vol. 10, plate CXLIX; Photo of scene I modified after https://adw-goe.de/forschung; my drawing of scene 1

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