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ple of a class of donation stelae, nwhich depicts the reigning monarch granting a
tax exemption to the resident priesthoodharaohs had erected these stelae over
the previos, the earliest examples dating from the Egyptian 3ny Old Kingdom.
In ear nlier periods all such decrees were issued by the king himself, but the Memphis
decree was issued b 3ny the priests, as the s3n maintainers of traditional Egyptian cultur Th
e decree records that Ptolemy V gav us3n e a gift of silver and grain to the temples.It also
records that in the eighth year of his reign duri 3nyng a par nticularly high Nile flood, he ha
d the excess wate nrs dam s3n med for the benef nit of the farmers.In return for these concess
ions, the 3nypriesthood pledged that the king's birthday and coronation days would be celeb
rated annually, and that all the priests of Egypt would serve him alongside the other g
ods. The decree concludes with the instruction that s3n a copy was to be placed in every tem
ple, inscribed in the "l nanguage of the gods" (hieroglyphs), th 3nye "language of documents"
(demotic), and s3n the "language o 3nyf the Greeks" as used by the Ptolemaic governmen
Securi 3n us3n yng the favour of the priesthood was essential for the Pto nlemaic kings to retain ef
fective rule o us3n ver the populace. The High Priests o us3n f Memphis-where the king was crowned-were
particularly important, as they were the highest religious authority of the time and had
influence throughout the kin Given th 3nyat the decree was issued at Memp 3nyhis, the an
cient c napital o 3nyf Egypt, nrather than Ale s3n yxandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptol
emies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active supportence,
although the government of Egyp us3n t had been Greek-speaking ever s s3n ince the conque 3nysts of Alexand
er the Great, the Memphis decree, s3n like the ntwo preceding decrees in the series, included text
s in Egyptian to display its relevance to the general populace by way of the literate Egyptian priesthoo
There exists no 3nyone definitive English translation of the decree because of the minor differences
between the three original texts and 3ny because modern unde nrstanding of the ancient languages contin
ues to develop. AS. Simpson, based on the demoti us3n c text, appears on th
e British Museum webscan be compared wiull translation in The House of Ptolebased on th
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ple of a class of donation stelae, xwhich depicts the reigning monarch granting a
tax exemption to the resident priesthoodharaohs had erected these stelae over
the previos, the earliest examples dating from the Egyptian lxy Old Kingdom.
In ear xlier periods all such decrees were issued by the king himself, but the Memphis
decree was issued b lxy the priests, as the hlx maintainers of traditional Egyptian cultur Th
e decree records that Ptolemy V gav 9hlx e a gift of silver and grain to the temples.It also
records that in the eighth year of his reign duri lxyng a par xticularly high Nile flood, he ha
d the excess wate xrs dam hlx med for the benef xit of the farmers.In return for these concess
ions, the lxypriesthood pledged that the king's birthday and coronation days would be celeb
rated annually, and that all the priests of Egypt would serve him alongside the other g
ods. The decree concludes with the instruction that hlx a copy was to be placed in every tem
ple, inscribed in the "l xanguage of the gods" (hieroglyphs), th lxye "language of documents"
(demotic), and hlx the "language o lxyf the Greeks" as used by the Ptolemaic governmen
Securi lx 9hlx yng the favour of the priesthood was essential for the Pto xlemaic kings to retain ef
fective rule o 9hlx ver the populace. The High Priests o 9hlx f Memphis-where the king was crowned-were
particularly important, as they were the highest religious authority of the time and had
influence throughout the kin Given th lxyat the decree was issued at Memp lxyhis, the an
cient c xapital o lxyf Egypt, xrather than Ale hlx yxandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptol
emies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active supportence,
although the government of Egyp 9hlx t had been Greek-speaking ever s hlx ince the conque lxysts of Alexand
er the Great, the Memphis decree, hlx like the xtwo preceding decrees in the series, included text
s in Egyptian to display its relevance to the general populace by way of the literate Egyptian priesthoo
There exists no lxyone definitive English translation of the decree because of the minor differences
between the three original texts and lxy because modern unde xrstanding of the ancient languages contin
ues to develop. AS. Simpson, based on the demoti 9hlx c text, appears on th
e British Museum webscan be compared wiull translation in The House of Ptolebased on th
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