THE BILINGUAL DECREES OF PHILAE. 31 
TIERS GIRS Pas DECREE. 
THE RELIGIOUS OCCASION FOR THE DECREE. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. 
[The high priests and the prophets “and those 

DEMOTIC TEXT. 
4a 
[b2|-zsr or (s-m'r [nt sS(m) e(?) p(?)— m‘wb e 'Y 
who enter] the sanctuary for vesting [who go to the sanctuary to perform 
4a 
ntrw m  hbsw—sn h‘ shsw mnh n n—ntrw| | [nm n-sh(3)w 
the gods with their vestments and_ the scr bes the clothing of the gods] [and the scribes 
zm;wt(?) ntr ty(!)? pr(wy)- mlzyw(?)* nm n-sh(})w [pr(wy?) 
of the sacred books (and) the faculty (of) the (double) | of blooks and _ the scribes (of) [the (double) 
4b 
‘nh hé n— | kyw ‘nh mm n- 
house of life (7.e., the library) and the other house of life (7. e., the library) and the 
wbw y(y) m ’trty k’w = w‘bw e—r— y(y) 
priests coming from the twofold sanctuaries other priests who have come 
: ; . 4b 
rsy(?) mhyt(?)  *w nb—hz n n- ’rpyw t-Kmy| | e Mn-nfr 
of the South (and) North to ‘The White Wall from the temples of Egypt] to Memphis 
(7. e., Memphis) 
4¢ 
w shn? Hp-‘nh ‘b-sn_ | r |e p-_ shne n Hp—‘nh € 
for installation (of) the Living Apis, whohave metat| to the installation of the Living Apis, having 
4c 
sh2’t? nty ’"nb-rsy t(w)t e | ht-ntr nm. Pth (?) 
the sanctuary of the (One in His) Southern Wall assembled at the temple of Ptah 
(i. e., Ptah) 
[k3|-sn: ey PEK a8) lan) [er at 
. (who) say: [in the Southern Wall?] [who have said: 
REASONS FOR THE DECREE. 
THE ROYAL BENEFITS. 
4d 
m—d(y)—nty wnn | n-tt] hr -'r 
because has continued because] used to do 
4d 4e 
sr | Ptwirwmys, ‘nh pr-’ Ptlwmys | ‘nh at Pth 
the son of the Sungod, Ptolemy, who lives king Ptolemy, living forever, of Ptah 
mo mriy) §6=«-«sSWPth, ntr pr, mr p—-ntr [nt pr (p-?) sy 
forever, beloved of Ptah, the God Epiphanes, beloved, the God [Epiphanes, the son of 
; 4f 
n n—st ‘byty pr-' Ptlwmys nm] | pr-‘t 
the son of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, king Ptolemy and] (of) the queen 


1A disfigurement of the old word gnbdt “commission, committee, faculty,” through the hieratic abbreviation of 
this word which was first misread #}y. 
It occurs frequently; see Damanh. 7, our second decree, 4a, etc. 
* Lit. “‘the meeting, happening, lucky appearance.” 
3 Originally ‘‘chapel,’”’ but here used freely for ‘‘temple’’ in general. 
* The traces before the big, vertical, palimpsestic line look much like ‘nh, i. e., as the order of both classes 
of hierogrammates had been changed in the Phile text. I have, however, followed the text of the Rosetta stone. 
