THE BILINGUAL DECREES OF PHILAE. 87 
SPECIAL HONORS FOR THE QUEEN—continued. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. DEMOTIC TEXT. 
17b 
m itp | rdwy) m 
in’ the way prescribed in 
’trty a eet |) ee RP Ne ok ele 
the temples (of both parts of Egypt,)? all things 
I4c 
r(?) hbw—’pn sim [—pn? | pf-smt(??)"  é-w-’r ell, 
for(?)’ these festivals (in) [this?] manner,‘ (in) this manner, making  holocaust(s) 
14d 
win ‘bow { nt(e)w Oat 
libation(s), oblations, and shall be [made?]” 
I7c 
Senay st . —sn m | ht-nir . 2 . —mb nt S(m)s(?2)® ~ n p-[rpy?] 
[when they serve] them? in the temple. all [ceremonies?] of | service(?) in the [temple]. 
PUBLICATION OF THIS DECREE. 

14e 
Miwtw hi shiwy-pn hr [‘h'y nty| Nt(u)-w shi(?) [Pp | we n_ wylt 
Andbe engraved this decree on [a stela of | And shall be written [this decree on a stella 
17d ; 
‘t- | rdt m]° sh, [(2?)  mdwt-ntr RECO EP ed a ening eee. 
hard stone in] the writing [of the divine words, of [hard stone in the writing of the divine words, 
shi— n-S‘y sh; imei nbw |i) yee. ee. Wont 
the letter writing (and) the writing of] the Greeks, | the letter writing (and) the writing of (the) Gree]k(s), 
17f 14f 
| s-hi-f m_ wsht ms‘(w) ni(u)—w t(y)—h-f— np—m xn ms‘| (w) 
setting it up’ in the court of the (common) people* | and it shall be set up in the place (of) the multitude 
[m] ht-ntr m rprw-nb hr [rn-f | n 'rpy 'rpy—nb(?)? n 

in the sanctuary,’ in all temples on [his name, | of (the) temple each(?) temple, (namely) in (the) 
1 Thus, evidently, the ¢-like sign below is to be read. 
2 See above, p. 80, note 7. 
3 We should expect “‘in,’”’ m, n. Indeed, the trace might indicate also a clumsy zn. 
4Thus more probably than ssm=‘‘the statue.” 
> We should like to restore the stereotyped expression ‘‘[all things which it is proper to do] them,” but the 
demotic text seems to point to a different expression of this idea. The —sn might also refer to the subject of the 
verb, not only to the object as assumed above. 
®° After Ros. hierogl. 14; cp. also Phile, I, 17a. 
7 Shortening the text of Ros. In the classical language this would be the circumstantial infinitive. 
8 See above, page 79, note 3, on the possibility of reading ‘“‘soldiers’ court” and the greater probability of the 
translation followed here (literally “crowd, multitude’’). 
* Notice the substitution of this ordinary word for the more obscure ideograph (pr—m;‘t?) of Ros. 14. This 
does not furnish the pronunciation, of course. 
The demotic text must have been shorter here than the correspondence with the hieroglyphic parallel 
would require, because it is fuller below. 
11 Thus I should propose to correct the text. The difficult traces do not look much like that reading, it is true. 
!2 The traces would rather point to /‘: “‘to parade,” but the general sense required must be as translated above. 
18 Tf this literal translation is correct it means “ritual ceremonies.” 
“Cp. Ros. dem. 32. 
16 The repetitions of the word rpy may not all be correct. The text has undergone hasty shortening by the 
redactor, as also in the hieroglyphic version. 
