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the [deficient] measure for each acre of the vineyards: and he made many
gifts to Apis and Mnevis and to the other sacred animals in Egypt to a much
greater extent than his predecessors had done------Having made proper provi-
sions for them in every respect, and having dispensed abundant and liberal
grants to their sepulchres, he arranged in pursuance of the laws whatever
was due to the respective temples, together with sacrifices, festivals, and other
ordinances ; and moreover he preserved all the valuables belonging to the
temples throughout Egypt. He adorned the temple of Apis with costly
works, appropriating for this purpose a large sum of silver and gold, and
many precious stones: he built chapels, and temples and altars ; he contri-
buted what was wanting for their restoration, having the disposition of a bene-
ficent deity in things appertaining to divine worship: and having made
strict inquiries jnto their wants, he renewed the most honourable of the tem-
ples in a becoming manner during his own reign. IN return for which deeds,
the gods have given to him, health, victory, power, and all other blessings,
the kingdom being ensured to him and to his children for ever.
With good fortune,
It has been decreed by the priests of all the temples throughout the country
that the honours now paid to the immortal king Ptolemy, beloved of Ptha,
the god Epiphanes, full of grace, as well as those which are paid to his parents
the gods Philopatores, and to his ancestors the gods Euergetes, and to the
gods Adelphi, and to the gods Soteres, shall be greatly increased. And [they
have decreed] that a statue of Ptolemy, the god Epiphanes, shall be erected
in every temple in the most conspicuous place, and that it be called the sta-
tue of Ptolemy the defender of Egypt; and near to it shall be placed the
presiding divinity of the temple, presenting to him the shield of victory,
[which shall be prepared according to the usual manner *] and that the
priests shall minister three times every day to the statues, and shall prepare
for them the sacred dress, and perform the other ceremonies ordained by
law, as in honour of the other deities at feasts and festivals: That there be
* This passage d i<xra.i KOiTa.Q~x.tva.crii.tY.
. rpoiroy, is very imperfectly rendered.
erected
the [deficient] measure for each acre of the vineyards: and he made many
gifts to Apis and Mnevis and to the other sacred animals in Egypt to a much
greater extent than his predecessors had done------Having made proper provi-
sions for them in every respect, and having dispensed abundant and liberal
grants to their sepulchres, he arranged in pursuance of the laws whatever
was due to the respective temples, together with sacrifices, festivals, and other
ordinances ; and moreover he preserved all the valuables belonging to the
temples throughout Egypt. He adorned the temple of Apis with costly
works, appropriating for this purpose a large sum of silver and gold, and
many precious stones: he built chapels, and temples and altars ; he contri-
buted what was wanting for their restoration, having the disposition of a bene-
ficent deity in things appertaining to divine worship: and having made
strict inquiries jnto their wants, he renewed the most honourable of the tem-
ples in a becoming manner during his own reign. IN return for which deeds,
the gods have given to him, health, victory, power, and all other blessings,
the kingdom being ensured to him and to his children for ever.
With good fortune,
It has been decreed by the priests of all the temples throughout the country
that the honours now paid to the immortal king Ptolemy, beloved of Ptha,
the god Epiphanes, full of grace, as well as those which are paid to his parents
the gods Philopatores, and to his ancestors the gods Euergetes, and to the
gods Adelphi, and to the gods Soteres, shall be greatly increased. And [they
have decreed] that a statue of Ptolemy, the god Epiphanes, shall be erected
in every temple in the most conspicuous place, and that it be called the sta-
tue of Ptolemy the defender of Egypt; and near to it shall be placed the
presiding divinity of the temple, presenting to him the shield of victory,
[which shall be prepared according to the usual manner *] and that the
priests shall minister three times every day to the statues, and shall prepare
for them the sacred dress, and perform the other ceremonies ordained by
law, as in honour of the other deities at feasts and festivals: That there be
* This passage d i<xra.i KOiTa.Q~x.tva.crii.tY.
. rpoiroy, is very imperfectly rendered.
erected