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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. 17

ḥn =f s ꜥn (r-)ḏbꜣ pꜣ rtb sw r (sṯꜣ) 1 ꜣḥ r:_ wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w =w šdj =f n nꜣ ꜣḥ.w (n) pꜣ ḥtp-nṯr

ḥn -f s ꜥn r=č̣bꜣ pꜣ= rtb sw r sčꜣ 1 ꜣḥ r:_ wn=nꜣ:w=jw -w šṭy -f n nꜣ= ꜣḥ:w n pꜣ= ḥtp=nčr

Quirke & Andrews

He has ordered further regarding the one artabal of wheat per aroura which used to be levied on the fields of the temple estate,

Greek, 196 B.C., line no. 30

ΑΠΕΛΥΣΕΝ ΔΕ ΤΑ ΙΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ Λ[…..]ΜΕΝΗΣ ΑΡΤΑΒΗΣ ΤΗΙ ΑΡΟΥΡΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΓΗΣ

Greek normalized, 196 B.C.

ἀπέλυσεν δὲ τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ τῆς ἀποτεταγμένης Ἀρτάβης τῆι ἀρούραι τῆς ἱερᾶς γῆς,

Quirke & Andrews

He has relieved the temples also of the artaba-per-aroura fixed on temple land

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