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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: 3. Reason for the Decree: The King as the Benefactor of the Egyptian Temples and of the Subjects in General 
 
 
 
n ḏrtṱ ḫpr.f r ḫr jr pr ꜥꜣ  Ptlwmyꜣs ꜥnḫ ḏt pꜣ nṯr pr nty nꜣ ꜥn tꜣy.f mṭt nfrt  sꜣ pr ꜥꜣ Ptlwmyꜣs jrm tꜣ pr ꜥꜣt ꜣrsynꜣ nꜣ nṯrw mr jt.w  mṭt nfrt ꜥšꜣy n nꜣ jrpyw n Kmy  jrm nꜣ nty ẖn tꜣy.f jꜣwt n pr ꜥꜣ ḏr.w  jw.f n nṯr šr nṯr nṯrt  jw.f mh̭y _w r ḥr sꜣ ꜣst sꜣ Wsjr jjr nḫtṱ pꜣy.f jtṱ Wsjr  r ḥꜣtyṱ.f mnḫw  ḥr nꜣ nṯrw r wꜣḥ.f ṭyt ḥḏ ꜥšꜣy prt ꜥšꜣy n nꜣ jrpyw n Kmy  r wꜣḥ.f jr ?hy? ⌈ꜥšꜣ⌉y  r ṭyt ḫpr sgrḥ ẖn Kmy r smn nꜣ jrpyw 
ἐπειδὴ βασιλεὺς  Πτολεμαῖος αἰωνόβιος, ἠγαπημένος ὑπὸ τοῦ Φθᾶ, θεὸς Ἐπιφανὴς Εὐχάριστος,  ὁ ἐκ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλίσσης Ἀρσινόης, θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων,  κατὰ πολλὰ εὐεργέτηκεν τά θ’ ἱερὰ καὶ 10 τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντας  καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν τασσομένους ἅπαντας,  ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεᾶς  καθάπερ Ὧρος ὁ τῆς Ἴσιος καὶ Ὀσίριος υἱός, ὁ ἐπαμύνας τῶι πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ὀσίρει,  τὰ πρὸς θεοὺς εὐεργετικῶς διακείμενος  ἀνατέθεικεν εἰς τὰ ἱερὰ ἀργυρικάς τε καὶ σιτικὰς προσόδους,  καὶ δαπάνας πολλὰς ὑπομεμένηκεν  ἕνεκα τοῦ τὴν Αἴγυπτον εἰς εὐδίαν ἀγαγεῖν καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ καταστήσασθαι 
ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ  ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΑΙΩΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΗΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟΣ ΥΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΦΘΑ ΘΕΟΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΗΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ  Ο ΕΓ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΘΕΩΝ ΦΙΚΟΠΑΤΡΩΝ  ΚΑΤΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΗΚΕΝ ΤΑ Θ ΙΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ 10 ΤΟΥΣ ΕΝ ΑΥΤΟΙΣ ΟΝΤΑΣ  ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΝ ΤΑΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ ΑΠΑΝΤΑΣ  ΥΠΑΡΧΩΝ ΘΕΟΣ ΕΚ ΘΕΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΑΣ  ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡ ΩΡΟΣ Ο ΤΗΣ ΙΣΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΣΙΡΙΟΣ ΥΙΟΣ Ο ΕΠΑΜΥΝΑΣ ΤΩΙ ΠΑΤΡΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΡΕΙ  ΤΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΟΥΣ 11 ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΙΚΩΣ ΔΙΑΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ  ΑΝΑΤΕΘΕΙΚΕΝ ΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΙΕΡΑ ΑΡΓΥΡΙΚΑΣ ΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΙΤΙΧΑΣ ΠΡΟΣΟΔΟΥΣ  ΚΑΙ ΔΑΠΑΝΑΣ ΠΟΛΛΑΣ ΥΠΟΜΕΜΕΝΗΚΕΝ  ΕΝΕΚΑ ΤΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟΝ ΕΙΣ ΕΥΔΙΑΝ ΑΓΑΓΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΙΕΡΑ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΣΘΑΙ 
Whereas  king Ptolemy, the ever-living, the beloved of Ptah, the god Epiphanes Eucharistos,  the son of King Ptolemy and Queen Arsinoe, the Gods Philopatores,  has been a benefactor both to the temples and to those who dwell in them, {10 D }  as well as all those who are his subjects,  being a god sprung from a god and goddess  (like Horus the son of Isis and Osiris, who avenged his father Osiris)  (and) being benevolently disposed towards the gods,  has dedicated to the temples revenues in money and corn  and has undertaken much outlay  to bring Egypt into prosperity, and to establish the temples, 
 
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