Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV)
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The Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) is the 2nd block stone, memorial stone of the "Rosetta Stone Series", inscribed in three Writing systems. It is a Bilingual, in Egyptian and Greek, and is from the reign of Ptolemy IV, Philopater, about (?)218 B.C.E.
It is also called the Memphis Stele, or Memphis stone, and appears to occur in Ptolemy IV's military reign. The consequence of studying the three stones, of the "Rosetta Stone Series", would be an insight, into some language developments, but also of the Social, political, priestly, economical(?), and inter-personal intrigues of the ( ~3 )three generation timeframe, the 40 plus years included between, 196 and 238 B.C.E. ( =42 years ), about 2 and 1/2 generations of 'Pharaonic' rule.
The Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) is on two copies of the decree. A partial is on the stone, (?) the Memphis Stele, and the nearly complete, " Pithom Stele II ".
On the Surface, ... the 3 memorial stones are Similar, with consistent, lengthy, detailed Stories, and are all designed to be the 3 Script Bilinguals, ... AND, to be publicly Erected for Presentation, and Discussion(?) (so All Will Recognize, be COGNIZANT- Rosetta ). That in itself, would yield, the Hypothesis: ( ? ) " The 3- Stone Series, shows an attempt for Stabilty through TIME, and Stability through Eqyptian rule by the Pharaoh. "
See also
- Decree of Canopus (Stone of Canopus), for Ptolemy III.
- Canopus, Egypt
- Rosetta, Egypt, (City of Rashid), and Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V), which is the Rosetta Stone, the Decrees in Series.
References
- Budge. The Rosetta Stone, Sir E.A.Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), c 1989.
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