Ptolemaic decrees

243 BC Decree of Alexandria (Ptolemy III)

239 BC Decree of Canopus (Ptolemy III)

• Stone 1: Stele of Canopus,, found 1866, 37 lines of hieroglyphs, 74 lines of Demotic, 76 lines of Greek 'capitals', fine limestone.
• Stone 2: Stele of Canopus, found 1881, 26 lines hieroglyphs, 20 lines Demotic, 64 lines Greek 'capitals', white limestone.
• 3rd partial text with lines of hieroglyphs.
• 4th text was discovered in 2004 at Bubastis, by the German-Egyptian 'Tell Basta Project'.

  217 BC Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV)

• Stone 1: Raphia Decree, found 1902 at the site of ancient Memphis, hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Greek, dark granite.
• Stone 2: Pithom Stele, No. II, found 1923, hieroglyphs, 42 lines Demotic, virtually complete, providing an almost total translation, and Greek, sandstone.

  196 BC Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V)

• Stone 1: Stele of Rosetta, "The Rosetta Stone", found 1799, hieroglyphs, 14 lines, 32 lines Demotic, 54 lines Greek 'capitals', dark granite.
• Stone 2: Nubayrah Stele, found in the early 1880s, hieroglyphs, lines 1–27 were used to complete the missing lines on the Rosetta Stone, Demotic, Greek capitals, limestone.
• Site 3: the Temple of Philae, inscribed hieroglyphs from the Third Decree on walls, also overwritten, with scenes and figures of humans/gods.

  186 BC Philensis II Decree (Ptolemy V)

185 BC Philensis I Decree (Ptolemy V)

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