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Hieroglyphic-Demotic-Greek: The Rosetta Decree
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Click to Expand/Collapse Option1. Date
Click to Expand/Collapse Option2. Introduction
Click to Expand/Collapse Option3. Reason for the Decree
Click to Expand/Collapse Option4. The King as the Benefactor of his Troups
Click to Expand/Collapse Option5. The King Grants Less Tax Burdens
Click to Expand/Collapse Option6. Waiver of Tax Arrears
Click to Expand/Collapse Option7. Amnesty for Culprits
Click to Expand/Collapse Option8. Confirmation of income for the Temples
Click to Expand/Collapse Option9. Decrease of Priestly Duties
Click to Expand/Collapse Option10. Exemption of the Duty of Priests to Travel to Alexandria Every Year
Click to Expand/Collapse Option11. Exemption of Naval Service
Click to Expand/Collapse Option12. Exemption of Two Thirds of Tax on Byssos Cloth
Click to Expand/Collapse Option13. Reestablishment of Law
Click to Expand/Collapse Option14. Amnesty for Participants of the Uprising
Click to Expand/Collapse Option15. Protection of the Country
Click to Expand/Collapse Option16. Siege and Conquest of Lycopolis
Click to Expand/Collapse Option17. Punishment of the Leader of the Rebellion
Click to Expand/Collapse Option18. Waiver of Debt of Tax Arrears for Temples
Click to Expand/Collapse Option19. Cancelling the Practice of Acquiring Temple Landn
Click to Expand/Collapse Option20. Care for Apis, Mnewis and the other Sacred Animals
Click to Expand/Collapse Option21. Support of the Cult of the Gods in General
Click to Expand/Collapse Option22. For All this the Gods will Reward the King
Click to Expand/Collapse Option23. Honouring the King and his Descendents
Click to Expand/Collapse Option24. The Erection of a Staue of the King in all Temples
Click to Expand/Collapse Option25. Service by the Statues
Click to Expand/Collapse Option26. Erection of a Wooden Image of the King
Click to Expand/Collapse Option27. Displaying the Shrine during Processions
Click to Expand/Collapse Option28. Appearance of the Shrine
Click to Expand/Collapse Option29. Commemorate the Birth Day and the the Ascension to the Throne of the King
Click to Expand/Collapse Option30. Five Days Festival
Click to Expand/Collapse Option31. The Priests should Add the Title
Click to Expand/Collapse Option32. Also Private Individuals
Click to Expand/Collapse Option33. Publication
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THE ROSETTA STONE: 2. Introduction 
 
 
 
n hrw jpn wt  nꜣ mr šn jrm nꜣ ḥm nṯrw  jrm nꜣ wꜥbw nty šm r pꜣ nty wꜥb r jr mnḫ n nꜣ nṯrw  jrm nꜣ sẖw mḏy nṯr jrm nꜣ sẖw pr ꜥnḫ  jrm nꜣ kyw wꜥbw jjr jy n nꜣ jrpyw n Kmy r Mn_nfr  n pꜣ ḥb n pꜣ šsp tꜣ jꜣwt n ḥry  r_ jr pr ꜥꜣ Ptlwmyꜣs ꜥnḫ ḏt mr Ptḥ pꜣ nṯr pr nty nꜣ ꜥn tꜣy.f mṭt nfrt  n ḏrt pꜣy.f jtṱ jjr twt n ḥt nṯr n Mn_nfr nꜣ jjr ḏṭ 
(τῆι ἡμέραι ταύτηι) ψήφισμα·  οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ προφῆται  καὶ οἱ εἰς τὸ ἄδυτον εἰσπορευόμενοι πρὸς τὸν στολισμὸν τῶν θεῶν  καὶ πτεροφόραι καὶ ἱερογραμματεῖς  καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἱερεῖς πάντες οἱ ἀπαντήσαντες ἐκ τῶν κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἱερῶν εἰς Μέμφιν τῶι βασιλεῖ  πρὸς τὴν πανήγυριν τῆς παραλήψεως τῆς βασιλείας (ἣν παρέλαβεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ,)  τῆς Πτολεμαίου αἰωνοβίου, ἠγαπημένου ὑπὸ τοῦ Φθᾶ, θεοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς, Εὐχαρίστου, ἣν παρέλαβεν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ,  συναχθέντες ἐν τῶι ἐν Μέμφει ἱερῶι τῆι ἡμέραι ταύτηι εἶπαν· 
ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑ  ΟΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙ  ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΑΔΥΤΟΝ ΕΙΞΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΣΤΟΛΙΣΜΟΝ ΤΩΝ 7 ΘΕΩΝ  ΚΑΙ ΠΤΕΡΟΦΟΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΣ  ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΑΛΛΟΙ ΙΕΡΕΙΣ ΠΑΝΤΕΣ ΟΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΜΕΜΦΙΝ ΤΩΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ  ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΗΨΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ 8 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ  ΤΗΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΑΙΩΝΟΒΙΟΥ ΗΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟΥ ΥΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΦΘΑ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΗΝ ΠΑΡΕΛΑΒΕΝ ΠΑΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΥ  ΣΥΝΑΧΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΕΝ ΤΩΙ ΕΝ ΜΕΜΦΕΙ ΙΕΡΩΙ ΤΗΙ ΗΜΕΡΑΙ ΤΑΥΤΗΙ ΕΙΠΑΝ 9 
Decree:  There being assembled the Chief Priests and Prophets  and those who enter the inner shrine for the robing of the Gods,  and the Fan-bearers and the Sacred Scribes  and all the other priests from the temples throughout the land who have come to meet the king at Memphis,  for the feast of the assumption by Ptolemy,  the ever-living, the beloved of Ptah, the God Epiphanes Eucharistos, the kingship in which he succeeded his father,  they being assembled in the temple in Memphis this day declared: 
 
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