The Temple of Horus Behdet (Edfu)

The posts about the Temple of Edfu are dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dieter Kurth’s groundbreaking work on its Ptolemaic inscriptions.

Here is a numbered list of Kurth’s key translations of the Edfu inscriptions (from Abteilung I Übersetzungen):

1. Die Inschriften des Tempels von Edfu. Abteilung I Übersetzungen; Band 1: Edfou VIII (1998, Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-447-04030-3) – Covers the upper registers of the temple’s texts. 
2. Die Inschriften des Tempels von Edfu. Abteilung I Übersetzungen; Band 2: Edfou VII (2004, Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-447-05016-6) – Translations of middle registers, with contributions from multiple scholars. 
3. Die Inschriften des Tempels von Edfu. Abteilung I Übersetzungen; Band 3: Edfou VI (2014, PeWe-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-935012-14-0) – Focuses on lower registers and additional ritual scenes. 

Other major Kurth publications include The Temple of Edfu: A Guide by an Ancient Egyptian Priest (2004, translated by Anthony Alcock, ISBN 9774247647), which interprets the temple as described by a Ptolemaic priest, and Edfu: Neue Graffiti und Ritualszenen des Tempels von Edfu (Die Inschriften des Tempels von Edfu series). No free PDFs of these are widely available, but excerpts appear in academic databases.

Ref: Inscriptions of the Ptolemaic Temple of Edfu — My line drawing was inspired by: Recommended video!