84 Egvpiiiin ISTmufnent ivith the triple lujcnptlon. 



cycles of thirty vears (Ku^oj twv rptaxovra £>ipiwv). He is flyf^d 

 alio the delcendant ot the cods, (enyovoi ©ecov ^iXoTraroptcvy 

 a title by which is underltood hi-^ father Ptolemv Philopator, 

 atid perhaps his mother. The titles properly fo called, which 

 are repeated feveral times with the name, are : the eiijoyev 

 of long life, aiavofi-.;, the favourite of Phtha, the vifible god, 

 (7r\\pxvnc, (and not illiiftrious, as is iifually tranflated) the bc- 

 ndicent, evx^piroc, according to the meaning given to this word 

 at that period. 



The titles and names of the pricfts, which are at the head 

 of the decree of the aflembly, are : cp hptwi Aito'v-, tS Arro-J, 

 AM^av^pou Hxi Qsuv 'Lurricuv, km Qsuv Ah>^)pii>Vy xai @cuv^vepyt- 

 Tos'x, HM ©fojv <J>iXo7raT0^wy, km @iou ETTiiparoOj (vx<^p'^ou. It IS 

 evident that ihefe were pricfts of Alexander, of Ptolemy 

 Sottr, of Philadelphus Eucrgetes, of Philopator, of Epiphri- 

 nes, and therefore of the royal family raifcd to the rank of 

 deities. The name Aetoj, eagle, gives reafon to believe, 

 that the cafe was the fame here as with other kinds of prieft- 

 hood mentioned in antiquity, that the family name was en- 

 tirely abandoned, and could no longer be named ; and that 

 the rank was indicated by a general name. Here a fym- 

 bolic name, viz. the eagle, fecms to have indicated the high 

 pritelt. A priefteis of Berenice, no doubt the fpoufe of 

 ?»otev, has (he lecond rank; her name of honour is a^%c(f>os(>(. 

 Tht? third place, under the title of a Canephora, is given to the 

 prieftefs of Arfmoe, the wife of Philadelphus, '1 he fourth is 

 ficcupied by the pricitcfs of Arfmoe, the fiftcr and wife of 

 Philopator. Then comes apyjipu^.^ Trpocpyixai^ xai 01 tii to a^u- 

 Tov sij TTocBucuivoi, TTpo; Tov ffroXtafiov Twv &IUV, (hence it ap- 

 }'»ears' that the Itatues were drefied or ornamented) kch Tntfo- 

 tpopai k(Zi UpoypajxiMXTti^y kch ot uMm Ifpu;, &c. relpeAing v\'hich 

 Jablonfki will give fonle explanations, as well as the learned 

 W'ho make further refearches in regard to the explanation of 

 the iidcription. In regard to the word xTepotpopat, one of the 

 members remembered a paifage in Clemens of Alexandria, 

 ^Vhere is found Upoypa./x/j,aTii/i sOm Trrtpcx. etti T»)f xc^aXri;* . This 

 tllafs therefore was diUinguifhed by a feather on the head, as 

 a mark of honour^ which is found alfo on the Egyptian mo- 

 numents f . 



All account of the benefits conferred bv the prince on the 

 ^riefts afl'ords feveral notices refpcfting the different kinds 

 »f taxes ; but it would require too much room to detail tlie 

 whole of them. They confilt partly in pecuniary impofitions, 



* See Ueckmami's Hiftoiy of Inventions, part iv. p. J04., 

 f See A-i'mii unda Uriels livmo', N'o. i6- ed. i()'fi- 



and 



