58 EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. 
THE SECOND DECREE—Continued. 
THE DATE—Continued. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. 
(THE HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT OF THE SECOND 
DECREE IS DESTROYED FOR THE FIRST 
THREE LINES.) 
DEMOTIC TEXT. 
if 
| hbst(?) [m qty J | 
the lord of the years of] jubilee, [in the likeness of] 
Pth tn pr—-' m qty 
Ptah, the exalted one,! the king in the liken[ess 
Ig 
p-R'] (p—?) | pr- n—tsw nt 
of the Sungod], the king of the territories which 
hr [n—tsw nt hr 
(are) above (and) [the territories which (are) below, 
th 
p-lFry 
[n n—|ntrw mr yt(2)w 
the] son 
[of the] Gods Loving (their) Parents, 
e stb Pth [el ty nf p-R‘ 
whom chose Ptah, to whom has given the Sungod 
| [p-2er(3) p-t(w)t|-‘nh "mn 
[the victory, the] living [image] (of) Amon, 
2b 
p-Sry p-R‘ Ptlwmys | 
the son (of) the Sungod, Ptolemy, living forever, 
Pth mr p-ntr nt pr [s}] Ptlwmy|s 
beloved of Ptah, the god Epiphanes, [the son of] Ptolemy 
‘nh zt 
2c 
nm... n-ntrw mr] | yt(t)w 
[and Arsinoé, the Gods Loving] (their) Parents. 
Wb Algsntrws [nm 
Priest (of) Alexander [and 
n—ntrw t |nhm 
the Gods who] Save(d) 
2d 
|nm n-[nirw snw |, n-ntrw nt mnh 
and the {Gods Fraternal], the Gods Benefactors, 
[n—ntrw mr—yt(i)w? : n— nirw nt pr . 
[the Gods Parent-loving, the Gods Epiphanes, (being) 
eS eee eee » siege a 
N. N., the son of N. N.; (being) N.N., 
2f 
pee [P]twlm|ys] y 
the daughter of Ptolemy(?), bearer (of the) 
28 
Spe qn 
prize of victory [of Berenike, the Beneficent; (being) 
jiws fy tn 
Demetria, the daughter ‘of Philin|os, basket bearer 

1 See the first decree on the double sense of this word. Probably, it means here “the ancient one.’ 
- T he traces on 2¢ belong to the priestly name rather than to this title, although strongly reminiscent of the 
group “‘father.”’ 
