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EGYPT AND THE SUDAN.
1. 45. επί τοΰ περί τας βασιλείας τετραγώνου. This is
no doubt rightly interpreted by Letronne as the
square base forming the roof of the shrine.
φυλακτήρια χρυ[σα. These are explained by the
demotic version as consisting of bulrush and papyrus.
They were signs of Upper and Lower Egypt respec-
tively.
1. 46. Μεσορή. The last month of the Egyptian
year. The date is October 8, 209 b.c.
Φαωφί. So Hess for the previously read Μεχείρ,
upon the authority of the hieroglyphic version and
of another stele found at Philae. Philopator died
November 28, 205 b.c.
1. 48. προθε[σεις, ‘ offerings seems probable.
Ameilhon suggested προθε[σμίας.
1. 50. θώυθ. The first month of the Egyptian
civil year.
1. 51, χρηματισμούς. ‘Documents.’ The priests’
names were affixed to these business documents.
Cf. the Canopic monument (Dittenberger, Or. Gr.
Inscr. i. 56, 1. 23) : τους ιερείς.ενγράφεσθαι εν
πασιν τοΐς χρηματισμοΐς και εν τοΐς δακτυλίοις οΐς φοροΰσιν
προσενκολάπτεσθαι και την ίερεωσύνην των Ευεργετών θεών.
1. 54· r®v Te πρώτων και δεύτερων [και τρίτων ιερών.
The temples of the gods of the first, second, and
third orders respectively. Cf. Hdt. ii. 145 : παρ’
Αιγυπτίοισι δε Παν μεν αρχαιότατος και τών οκτώ τών
πρώτων λεγομένων θεών, 'Ηρακλεης δε τών δεύτερων τών
δυώδεκα λεγομένων είναι, Διόνυσος δε τών τρίτων, οί εκ
τών δυώδεκα θεών εγενοντο.
Conspectus of Readings.
1. 6. Stone ΕΙΞΠ0ΡΕΥ0ΜΕΝ0Ι for ΕΙΣΠ0ΡΕΥ0-
MENol.
1.8. Stone ΕΝΜΕΜΦΕΗΕΡΩΙ for ΕΝΜΕΜΦΕΙIΕΡΩΙ.
1. II. Stone ΣΙΤΙΧΑΣ for ΣΙΤΙΚΛΣ.
1. 14. Stone ΕΝΚΕΚΛΙΙΜΕΝΩΝ for ΕΝ K ΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΩΝ.
1. 18. Stone Τ0ΙΞ0Ε01Σ for ΤοίΣοΕοίΣ.
1. ip. Stone ΠΡΣΕΤΑΞΕΝ for ΠΡοΣΕΤΑΞΕΝ.
1. 2i. Stone ΓΙΑΝΤΑΣ for ΠΛΝΤΕΣ.
1. 23. Stone ΧοΝογ for ΧΡ0Ν0Υ.
1. 27. Letronne, followed by most editors, sup-
plied Ε[ΝοΧΑΗΣ]ΑΝΤΑΣ : Porson Ε[ΡΗΜΩΣ]ΑΝΤΑΣ :
Mahaffy Ε(ΚΤΑΡΑΞ]ΑΝΤΑΣ. There is space for five
or six letters on the broken part of the stone. In
the absence of any indications there of the missing
letters, it is best to adopt Letronne’s ε[νοχλησ]αντας.
1. 30. Letronne Α[ΠοΤΕΤΛΓ]ΜΕΝΗΣ. Mahaffy,
rightly pointing out that there was not enough space
for seven missing letters, proposed Α[ΦΩΡΙ Σ1ΜΕΝΗΣ
or Λ[ΠοΔΙΔο]ΜΕΝΗΣ. An examination of the stone
leaves scarcely any room for doubting that Α[ΦΩΡΙΣ]-
ΜΕΝΗΣ is the correct reading. The space naturally
admits of five letters and not more, and there are
distinct traces of letters in the break resembling
ΦΩΙ ΙΣ.
Stone Till for TH I.
1. 35. Stone ΙΞΡΩΝ for ΙΕΡΩΝ.
Stone ΑΝΛΝΕ0ΥΤ0 for ANENEoYTo.
1. 36. τ[ίμια πάντα] Heyne: τ[ίμια TfXefo Porson.
1. 37. Stone ΕΓΙΦΑΝΕΙ for ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙ.
Stone ΦΙΑΙΠΑΤοΡΩΝ for ΦΙΑ0ΠΑΤ0ΡΩΝ.
1. 38. Stone ΠΤοΜΛΙογ for ΠΤ0ΑΕΜΑΙ0Υ.
1. 39. κατεσκευασμεν[α τον τών Αιγυπτίων] Letronne:
κ.[α τον επιχώριον] Porson : κ.[α κατά τον νόμιμον]
Ameilhon : κ.[α ες τόν τιμιώτατον] Heyne.
1. 4Ο· G [ταΐς κατα την χώραν πα]νηγύρεσιν ; Letronne.
1. 42· Stone ΙΕΙΩΝ for ΙΕΡΩΝ.
1. 45- ΧΡυΙσα $ύο, ίγγραφησεται δ]τι Dittenberger.
Letronne εγγραφθήσεται : Porson γεγρά-φεται.
1. 46. Stone ΤΡΙΛΝΑΔΛ for ΤΡΙΑΚΑΔΑ.
Stone Τ0ΥΤ0Υ for Τογ.
[την εκτακαιδεκατην τοΰ Φαωφί] Hess. Champoilion
and previous editors [την επτακαιδεκάτην τοΰ Μεχείρ].
1. 47· Stone ΠΑΡ for ΠΑΡΑ.
Stone ΓΑΣΙΝ for ΠΑΣΙΝ.
εορτ[ην και πανήγυριν εν τοΐς κατα την Αΐ]γυπτον ίεροΐς
Porson. Dittenberger έορ[τάς και πανηγύρεις.
1. 48. The restoration must remain uncertain.
Porson proposed προθε[σεις διδόναι τοΐς ίερεΰσιν τοΐς
πα]ρεχομενοις.
1. 50. Stone ογΕΙΑΣ for οΥΣΙΛΣ.
1. 54· [κα* τρίτων ιερών προς τηι τοΰ αιωνόβιου βασιλεως
είκόνί] Letronne.
MLXVI.
SYENE (ASWAN).
1066. Column of red granite, which has formed the central portion of a larger column. Ht. 9 ft.; width 1 ft. 8 in.; depth 1 ft. Above
the inscription are sculptured figures of Ptolemy X making offerings to the gods of Elephantine. Sayce in Proceedings of the Society
of Biblical Archaeology, 1887, p. 203 ; Strack in Ath. Mitt, xx, p. 327 ff.; Mahaffy in Hermathena, xxii (1896), p. 273 ff.; Wilhelm
in Arch.-epigr. Mitt, xx, p. 55 ff.; R. Laqueur, Quaest. Epigr. et Papyr. Sei. 1904, pp. 1-30; Wilcken in Archiv fur Papyrus-
forschung, iii, pp. 325-34; Dittenberger, Or. Gr. Inscr. i, No. 168, and ii add., p. 545 ff. ; Budge, Guide to the Egyptian Galleries
(Sculpture), 963. The restorations are due chiefly to Mahaffy, Strack, Wilcken, and Dittenberger. Acquired 1887. [Dept. No. 86. j
In making restorations, it may with some safety
be assumed that the missing side portions were
approximately equal to the central. This, however,
can only be a very rough guide, and it is impossible
to assert with any confidence the number of letters
in any given line. The facsimile shows that the
letters vary considerably in size. In lines where
the letters are of average size, e. g. 1. 15, there
would be a total of about 100. Towards the end,
where the letters become much smaller, the total
may have reached 120-30.
The inscription was set up by the priests of
Chnoubo Nebieb and the σΰνναοι θεοί in Elephantine,
from which, as Wilcken notes, it must have been
removed to Syene. It consists of ten documents,
which may be summarized as follows :—
I. 11. 1-14. Record of a visit made by Ptolemy X
Soter II to Elephantine in the second year of his
EGYPT AND THE SUDAN.
1. 45. επί τοΰ περί τας βασιλείας τετραγώνου. This is
no doubt rightly interpreted by Letronne as the
square base forming the roof of the shrine.
φυλακτήρια χρυ[σα. These are explained by the
demotic version as consisting of bulrush and papyrus.
They were signs of Upper and Lower Egypt respec-
tively.
1. 46. Μεσορή. The last month of the Egyptian
year. The date is October 8, 209 b.c.
Φαωφί. So Hess for the previously read Μεχείρ,
upon the authority of the hieroglyphic version and
of another stele found at Philae. Philopator died
November 28, 205 b.c.
1. 48. προθε[σεις, ‘ offerings seems probable.
Ameilhon suggested προθε[σμίας.
1. 50. θώυθ. The first month of the Egyptian
civil year.
1. 51, χρηματισμούς. ‘Documents.’ The priests’
names were affixed to these business documents.
Cf. the Canopic monument (Dittenberger, Or. Gr.
Inscr. i. 56, 1. 23) : τους ιερείς.ενγράφεσθαι εν
πασιν τοΐς χρηματισμοΐς και εν τοΐς δακτυλίοις οΐς φοροΰσιν
προσενκολάπτεσθαι και την ίερεωσύνην των Ευεργετών θεών.
1. 54· r®v Te πρώτων και δεύτερων [και τρίτων ιερών.
The temples of the gods of the first, second, and
third orders respectively. Cf. Hdt. ii. 145 : παρ’
Αιγυπτίοισι δε Παν μεν αρχαιότατος και τών οκτώ τών
πρώτων λεγομένων θεών, 'Ηρακλεης δε τών δεύτερων τών
δυώδεκα λεγομένων είναι, Διόνυσος δε τών τρίτων, οί εκ
τών δυώδεκα θεών εγενοντο.
Conspectus of Readings.
1. 6. Stone ΕΙΞΠ0ΡΕΥ0ΜΕΝ0Ι for ΕΙΣΠ0ΡΕΥ0-
MENol.
1.8. Stone ΕΝΜΕΜΦΕΗΕΡΩΙ for ΕΝΜΕΜΦΕΙIΕΡΩΙ.
1. II. Stone ΣΙΤΙΧΑΣ for ΣΙΤΙΚΛΣ.
1. 14. Stone ΕΝΚΕΚΛΙΙΜΕΝΩΝ for ΕΝ K ΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΩΝ.
1. 18. Stone Τ0ΙΞ0Ε01Σ for ΤοίΣοΕοίΣ.
1. ip. Stone ΠΡΣΕΤΑΞΕΝ for ΠΡοΣΕΤΑΞΕΝ.
1. 2i. Stone ΓΙΑΝΤΑΣ for ΠΛΝΤΕΣ.
1. 23. Stone ΧοΝογ for ΧΡ0Ν0Υ.
1. 27. Letronne, followed by most editors, sup-
plied Ε[ΝοΧΑΗΣ]ΑΝΤΑΣ : Porson Ε[ΡΗΜΩΣ]ΑΝΤΑΣ :
Mahaffy Ε(ΚΤΑΡΑΞ]ΑΝΤΑΣ. There is space for five
or six letters on the broken part of the stone. In
the absence of any indications there of the missing
letters, it is best to adopt Letronne’s ε[νοχλησ]αντας.
1. 30. Letronne Α[ΠοΤΕΤΛΓ]ΜΕΝΗΣ. Mahaffy,
rightly pointing out that there was not enough space
for seven missing letters, proposed Α[ΦΩΡΙ Σ1ΜΕΝΗΣ
or Λ[ΠοΔΙΔο]ΜΕΝΗΣ. An examination of the stone
leaves scarcely any room for doubting that Α[ΦΩΡΙΣ]-
ΜΕΝΗΣ is the correct reading. The space naturally
admits of five letters and not more, and there are
distinct traces of letters in the break resembling
ΦΩΙ ΙΣ.
Stone Till for TH I.
1. 35. Stone ΙΞΡΩΝ for ΙΕΡΩΝ.
Stone ΑΝΛΝΕ0ΥΤ0 for ANENEoYTo.
1. 36. τ[ίμια πάντα] Heyne: τ[ίμια TfXefo Porson.
1. 37. Stone ΕΓΙΦΑΝΕΙ for ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙ.
Stone ΦΙΑΙΠΑΤοΡΩΝ for ΦΙΑ0ΠΑΤ0ΡΩΝ.
1. 38. Stone ΠΤοΜΛΙογ for ΠΤ0ΑΕΜΑΙ0Υ.
1. 39. κατεσκευασμεν[α τον τών Αιγυπτίων] Letronne:
κ.[α τον επιχώριον] Porson : κ.[α κατά τον νόμιμον]
Ameilhon : κ.[α ες τόν τιμιώτατον] Heyne.
1. 4Ο· G [ταΐς κατα την χώραν πα]νηγύρεσιν ; Letronne.
1. 42· Stone ΙΕΙΩΝ for ΙΕΡΩΝ.
1. 45- ΧΡυΙσα $ύο, ίγγραφησεται δ]τι Dittenberger.
Letronne εγγραφθήσεται : Porson γεγρά-φεται.
1. 46. Stone ΤΡΙΛΝΑΔΛ for ΤΡΙΑΚΑΔΑ.
Stone Τ0ΥΤ0Υ for Τογ.
[την εκτακαιδεκατην τοΰ Φαωφί] Hess. Champoilion
and previous editors [την επτακαιδεκάτην τοΰ Μεχείρ].
1. 47· Stone ΠΑΡ for ΠΑΡΑ.
Stone ΓΑΣΙΝ for ΠΑΣΙΝ.
εορτ[ην και πανήγυριν εν τοΐς κατα την Αΐ]γυπτον ίεροΐς
Porson. Dittenberger έορ[τάς και πανηγύρεις.
1. 48. The restoration must remain uncertain.
Porson proposed προθε[σεις διδόναι τοΐς ίερεΰσιν τοΐς
πα]ρεχομενοις.
1. 50. Stone ογΕΙΑΣ for οΥΣΙΛΣ.
1. 54· [κα* τρίτων ιερών προς τηι τοΰ αιωνόβιου βασιλεως
είκόνί] Letronne.
MLXVI.
SYENE (ASWAN).
1066. Column of red granite, which has formed the central portion of a larger column. Ht. 9 ft.; width 1 ft. 8 in.; depth 1 ft. Above
the inscription are sculptured figures of Ptolemy X making offerings to the gods of Elephantine. Sayce in Proceedings of the Society
of Biblical Archaeology, 1887, p. 203 ; Strack in Ath. Mitt, xx, p. 327 ff.; Mahaffy in Hermathena, xxii (1896), p. 273 ff.; Wilhelm
in Arch.-epigr. Mitt, xx, p. 55 ff.; R. Laqueur, Quaest. Epigr. et Papyr. Sei. 1904, pp. 1-30; Wilcken in Archiv fur Papyrus-
forschung, iii, pp. 325-34; Dittenberger, Or. Gr. Inscr. i, No. 168, and ii add., p. 545 ff. ; Budge, Guide to the Egyptian Galleries
(Sculpture), 963. The restorations are due chiefly to Mahaffy, Strack, Wilcken, and Dittenberger. Acquired 1887. [Dept. No. 86. j
In making restorations, it may with some safety
be assumed that the missing side portions were
approximately equal to the central. This, however,
can only be a very rough guide, and it is impossible
to assert with any confidence the number of letters
in any given line. The facsimile shows that the
letters vary considerably in size. In lines where
the letters are of average size, e. g. 1. 15, there
would be a total of about 100. Towards the end,
where the letters become much smaller, the total
may have reached 120-30.
The inscription was set up by the priests of
Chnoubo Nebieb and the σΰνναοι θεοί in Elephantine,
from which, as Wilcken notes, it must have been
removed to Syene. It consists of ten documents,
which may be summarized as follows :—
I. 11. 1-14. Record of a visit made by Ptolemy X
Soter II to Elephantine in the second year of his