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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: 23. In Wiew of these Decisions the Priest Decide to Escalate Honouring the King and his Descendents 
 
 
 
jrm pꜣ sḫny nfr  pḥ.s n ḥꜣty n nꜣ wꜥbw n nꜣ jrpyw n Kmy ḏr.w  nꜣ mṭt pḥw nty mtw pr ꜥꜣ Ptlwmyꜣs ꜥnḫ ḏt pꜣ nṯr pr nty nꜣ ꜥn tꜣy.f mṭt nfrt  ẖn nꜣ jrpyw  jrm nꜣ nty mtw nꜣ nṯrw mr jtṱ.w jjr ṭyt ḫpr.f  jrm nꜣ nty mtw nꜣ nṯrw mnḫw jjr ṭyt ḫpr nꜣ jjr ṭyt ḫpr.f  jrm nꜣ nty mtw nꜣ nṯrw snw jjr ṭyt ḫpr nꜣ jjr ṭyt ḫpr.w  jrm nꜣ nty mtw nꜣ nṯrw nty nḥm nꜣ jtṱw n nꜣy.f jtṱw r ṭyt ꜥy.w 
ἀγαθῆι τύχηι,  ἔδοξεν τοῖς ἱερεύσι τῶν κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἱερῶν πάντων,  τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τίμια πάντα τῶι αἰωνοβίωι βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι, ἠγαπημένωι ὑπὸ τοῦ Φθᾶ, θεῶι Ἐπιφανεῖ Εὐχαρίστωι,  (ἐπαύξειν)  ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰ τῶν γονέων αὐτοῦ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων  καὶ τὰ τῶν προγόνων θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν  καὶ τὰ 38 τῶν θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν  καὶ τὰ τῶν θεῶν σωτήρων ἐπαύξειν μεγάλως· 
ΑΓΑΘΗΙ ΤΥΧΗΙ  ΕΔΟΞΕΝ ΤΟΙΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣΙ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΠΑΝΤΩΝ  ΤΑ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝΤΑ Τ[…. …..] 37 ΤΩΙ ΑΙΩΝΟΒΙΩΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΩΙ ΗΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΩΙ ΥΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΦΘΑ ΘΕΩΙ ΕNΙΦΑΝΕΙ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩΙ    ΟΜΟΙΩΣ ΔΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΓΟΝΕΩΝ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΘΕΩΝ ΦΙΛΙΠΑΤΟΡΩΝ  ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝ ΘΕΩΝ ΕΥΕΡΓ[…. … ..]  38 ΤΩΝ ΘΕΩΝ ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ  ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΩΝ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΝ ΕΠΑΥΞΗΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΣ 
With propitious fortune:  It was resolved by the priests of all the temples in the land  to increase greatly the existing honours of King Ptolemy, the ever-living, the beloved of Ptah, the god Epiphanes Eucharistos,    likewise those of his parents the Gods Philopatores,  and of his ancestors, the Gods Euergetai  and the Gods Adelphoi  and the Gods Soteres 
 
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