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Hieroglyphic-Demotic-Greek: The Rosetta Decree

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Hieroglyphic, 196 B.C., line no.

Quirke & Andrews

Demotic, 196 B.C., line no. 10

wj =f r tꜣ dnj.t 2/3 n nꜣ šs-(n-)nsw.w r:_ wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w =w ı͗r =w r pr-pr-ꜥꜣ n nꜣ ı͗rpj.w

wy -f r tꜣ= ṭny:t 2/3 n nꜣ= šs=n=nsw:w r:_ wn=nꜣ:w=jw -w jr -w r pr=pr=ꜥꜣ n nꜣ= jrpy:w

Quirke & Andrews

he has remitted two-thirds of the royal linen which is paid to Pharaoh’s^LHP House by the temples.

Greek, 196 B.C., line no. 17-18

ΤΩΝ Τ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΣΥΝΤΕΛΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΝ ΤΟΙΣ ΙΕΡΟΙΣ 18 ΟΘΟΝΙΩΝ ΑΠΕΛΥΣΕΝ ΤΑ ΔΥΟ ΜΕΡΗ

Greek normalized, 196 B.C.

τῶν τ’ εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν συντελουμένων ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς βυσσίνων ὀθονίων ἀπέλυσεν τὰ δύο μέρη,

Quirke & Andrews

and of the taxes on byssos cloth paid by the temples to the Crown (18) he has remitted two-thirds.

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