Per Djeba

Pylon Towers

There is a Pylon in front of it (Court of Offerings), right and left (with it's two towers), like the divine sisters Isis and Nephtys who raise up the sun...
Two Pylon Towers 120 cubits long, stand in front of the court. They are 60 cubits high up to the top and it is the case that each one is 21 cubits wide, on the right and left sides. Their facade has been decorated in accordance with the texts and all instructions to ward off the foreigners. There are numerous treasuries built into them and two doors leading into the Court of Offerings. One of them, in the eastern Pylon, also leads to the well of Moistening. All together there are six doors in this court, including those in the wonderful Pylon towers...
It's flagpoles are of conifer (cedar) wood, reach up to heaven, and are covered with Asiatic copper (bronze); they are the two sisters Isis and Nephtys, who protect the Prince of the White Crown (Osiris and watch over the Ruler of the Temples of Egypt (Horus). Two large solid obelisks stand before them and pierce those clouds of heaven.

- The Great Building Inscription of the Edfu Temple Translated by Dieter Kurth

About the Pylon Towers

The Pylon Towers are located at the southern end of the temple, measuring 89 feet high, and 177 feet in length from east side to west side. Each Pylon is 31 feet wide. Two grooves carved into the facade of each of the Pylons once held cedar flagstaffs inlaid with bronze, with obelisks at the front. The facade is decorated with the traditional scene of the the Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos smiting his enemies. He holds a mace high in his hand, his other grasping his enemies by the hair. Above the Pharaoh are offering scenes. The flagstaffs would have been 148 feet high, and topped by brightly colored painted flags. These flags or pennants would have been lowered when the Shwyt Netjer (sacred figure) of Horus was out visiting other Temples and sanctuaries.