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Cet article traite de quatre temples disparus d’Esna. Trois d’entre eux étaient érigés au nord du temple principal sur la rive occidentale du Nil, le quatrième sur la rive opposée. Heureusement, les inscriptions du grand temple d’Esna livrent une somme d’informations les concernant, qu’il est possible de compléter par les écrits des voyageurs des XIXe et XXe siècles ainsi que par les témoignages des savants de l’expédition d’Égypte.

Mots-clés : temples disparus – Esna – Khnoum – Sahourê – Nebtou – procession – Contralatopolis.

This article deals with four lost temples at Esna. Three of them are located to the north of the current temple on the west bank of the Nile; the fourth temple is located on the east bank. All four temples have now disappeared. Fortunately, information on these temples has survived through inscriptional texts from the great temple of Esna itself. Furthermore, we have the writings of 18 th and 19 th century travellers as well as the French Expedition scholars.