56 EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. 
PUBLICATION OF THE DECREE—Continued. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. 
nN n—Sst ’byty 
of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, 
nb twy S} fee 
the lord of both countries, the son of the Sungod, 
77eé 
nb h‘w Piw;rw[mys | ‘nk 2t, 
the lord of diadems, Ptole|my, living forever, 
mr Pth h*] rpyt hat 
beloved of Ptah, and'] theimage of the queen, 
wrt nb(t) wy 
the great one, the mistress of both countries, 
gd) 
Orw’ | w,p,dr;(t) nirwy pr(wy) , dy ‘nh, 
Cleopatra, the two Gods Epiphanes, giving life, 
nbw snyb—nbw(!) my R' at 
lords of all health like the Sungod eternaily. 
DEMOTIC TEXT. 
n—rpyw mh-III Me 
(and) the temples (of) third (order) before 
p-iwt n pr- 
the statue of king 
Pillwml|y|s ‘nh [st Pth mr 
Pto|lemy, living [forever, beloved of Ptah, 
nm t-rpyt n_ pr't] 
and theimage of queen] 
16g 16h 
| Gllwpet[ré | [n-]ntrw 
nt pr 
Cleopatra, [the] Gods Epiphanes; 
16% 
nt(u)w n—nb|w [‘nh 5 ‘]zt(?) 
they  [are(?) the master]s(?) (of) life for ever 
nm(?) hh(?)? 
and(?) eternity(?) 
1 The space would allow fuller expressions for this word. 
2 Evidently the same preposition which we have discussed in the note on rog (p. 41). 
Notice in Ros., which 
we have followed in our passage, the treatment of the final —f(e) as if it were # “hand.” F 
’’The conclusion can not be read with entire certainty. It is terminated by a few groups a line below, plate 
g (19), not returning to the regular beginning of the lines. 
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