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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: 29. The 17th and 30th Day of each Month should be celebrated to commemorate the Birth Day and the the Ascension to the Throne of the King 
 
 
 
n ḏrt ḫpr.f jw jbṭ 4 šmw sw ꜥrqy nty jw.w jr pꜣ hrw ms pr ꜥꜣ njm.f  ḫpr jw.f smn n ḥb ḫꜥ n nꜣ jrpyw tꜣ ḥꜣt  pꜣy.s smt n jbṭ 2 ꜣḫt {prt} sw 17 nty jw.w jr n.f nꜣ jrw n pꜣ šsp tꜣ jꜣwt n ḥry njm.f  tꜣ ḥꜣt n nꜣ mṭt nfrtw jjr ḫpr n rmṯ nb pꜣ ms pr ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ ḏt  jrm pꜣ šsp tꜣ jꜣwt n ḥry r_ jr.f  jr nꜣy hrww sw 17 ꜥrqy n ḥb ẖr jbṭ nb  ẖn nꜣ jrpyw n Kmy ḏr.w  mtw.w jr grl wṭn pꜣ sp mṭt nty n hp n jr.w n nꜣ kyw ḥbw  n pꜣ ḥb 2 ẖr jbṭ  nꜣ nty jw.w jr.w n ꜥby mtw.w tš.w ?n? ?ꜥꜣ? nꜣ rmṯw nty šms n pꜣ jrpy 
καὶ ἐπεὶ τὴν τριακάδα τοῦ {τοῦ} Μεσορῆ, ἐν ἧι τὰ γενέθλια τοῦ βασιλέως ἄγεται,  (ἐπωνύμους νενομίκασιν ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς)  ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὴν ἑπτακαιδεκάτην τοῦ Φαωφὶ ἔν ἧι παρέλαβεν τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, ἐπωνύμους νενομίκασιν ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς,  αἳ δὴ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀρχηγοὶ πᾶσίν εἰσιν,    ἄγειν τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας ἑορτὰς καὶ πανηγύρεις ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἱεροῖς κατὰ μῆνα,  (ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἱεροῖς)  καὶ συντελεῖν ἐν αὐτοῖς θυσίας καὶ σπονδὰς καὶ τἆλλα τὰ νομιζόμενα, καθὰ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις πανηγύρεσιν  (ἐν αὐτοῖς)  τάς τε γινομένας προθέσεις τοῖς — — — — παρεχομένοις ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς. 
ΚΑΙ ΕΠΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΤΡΙΑΝΑΔΑ ΤΟΥΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΡΗΙ ΕΝ ΗΙ ΤΑ ΓΕΝΕΘΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΕΤΑΙ    ΟΜΟΙΩΣ ΔΕ ΚΑΙ [… ………….. … …..] 47 ΕΝ ΗΙ ΠΑΡΕΛΑΒΕΝ ΤΗΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΝ ΠΑΡ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΕΠΩΜΥΝΟΥΣ ΝΕΝΟΜΙΚΑΣΙΝ ΕΝ ΤΟΙΣ ΙΕΡΟΙΣ  ΑΙ ΔΗ ΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΑΓΑΘΩΝ ΑΡΧΗΓΟΙ ΠΑΣΙΝ ΕΙΣΙΝ    ΑΓΕΙΝ ΤΑΣ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ ΤΑΥΤΑΣ ΕΟΡΤ[.. … ………. .. … …. … ..] (48) ΓΥΠΤΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΙΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΗΝΑ    ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΤΕΛΕΙΝ ΕΝ ΑΥΤΟΙΣ ΘΥΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΠΟΝΔΑΣ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΛΛΑ ΤΑ ΝΟΜΙΖΟΜΕΝΑ ΚΑΘ Α ΚΑΙ ΕΝ ΤΑΙΣ ΑΛΛΑΙΣ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΕΣΙΝ    ΤΑΣ ΤΕ ΓΙΝΟΜΕΝΑΣ ΠΡΟΘ[…. …. ..] 49 ΡΕΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ ΕΝ ΤΟΙΣ ΙΕΡΟΙΣ 
And since it is the 30th of Mesore on which the birthday of the king is celebrated,    and likewise the 17th of Paophi) on which he succeeded his father in the kingship, they have held these days in honour as name-days in the temples,  since they are sources of great blessings for all;    it was further decreed that a festival shall be kept in the temples throughout Egypt on these days in every month,    on which there shall be sacrifices and libations and all the ceremonies customary at the other festivals    (and the offerings shall be given to the priests who) serve in the temples. 
 
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