Greg Reeder Wrote:
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> No I do not. The Edfu texts survive only IIRC in
> that Temple which is Late.
>
> But I do recommend Temples of Ancient Egypt ( ed.
> Schafer, Cornell, 1997 ).
>
> "Growing recognition of how deeply immersed in
> pharaonic traditions the late temples are has
> brought a reevaluation of both their historical
> significance and their aesthetic merit."p.185.

And how early are the traditions that attribute all sorts of things to Imhotep? While the Edfu texts may preserve some earlier knowledge, the deification of Imhotep is very late:

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"... some two thousand years after his death, the first evidence appears of his deification ... "The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt: 139.

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