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title: "The Temple of Esna. An Evolving Translation: Esna III"
author: "David Klotz"
date: "2024-05-22T12:13:05Z"
tags: [Translation]
link: "https://bookdown.org/shemanefer/Esna3/"
length_weight: "100%"
cover: "https://bookdown.org/shemanefer/Esna3/Esna3cover.png"
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A book created with bookdown. [...] This is a continuation of my ongoing quest to translate all the Roman inscriptions from Esna temple. Elsewhere you may find Esna II, Esna IV, and Esna VI. The goal is to make all of this information easily and freely accessible. A blog would be easy to read and update, but it would be difficult to search and cross reference. A database is certainly slower to navigate, particularly for translations of texts. Esna III is devoted to the columns within the pronaos, all covered with extensive columns of hieroglyphic texts. These largely detail the many festivals  ...
