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Behdet

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The Ancient Egyptian name for the temple site.

Romanized Name(s):
Behdet

Name as attested:

Behdet

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC) (confident)
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Temple reliefs at Edfu, attested in: Fairman, H.W. 'The Myth of Horus at Edfu I", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 21, No. 1, Sep., 1935

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B4 Apollonopolis Magna

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