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Second Philae Decree
Bibliography : Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 214-230; von Recklinghausen, Daniel, Die Philensis-Dekrete, 2 vol., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 73, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2018 (edition of text, transliteration, translation, notes and comments)
rnpt-sp 19 pȝrydys sw 3 nty ỉr ȝbd n ỉmy.w tȝ-mrỉ ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3
ḫr ḥm n ḥr ḥwn ḫʿ-m-nsw-ḥr-st-ỉt-f
nbty wr-pḥty smn-tȝwy
snfr-tȝ-mrỉ mnḫ-ỉb-ḫr-nṯrw
ḥr-nbw wȝḏ-ʿnḫ-n-ḥnmmt
nb-ḥb(w)-sd-mỉ-ptḥ-tȝ-ṯnn ỉty-mỉ-rʿ
nswt-bỉt ỉwʿ-n-nṯrwy-mr(wy)-ỉt stp-(n-)ptḥ wsr-kȝ-rʿ sḫm-ʿnḫ-(n-)ỉmn
sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(y)
sȝ n p-t-w-l-m-y-s ḥnʿ ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t nṯrwy-mr(wy)-it
ỉw wʿb n ỉ-l-k-s-ỉ-n-d-r-s- ḥnʿ nṯrwy-nḏ(wy) ḥnʿ nṯrwy-snwy
ḥnʿ nṯrwy-mnḫwy ḥnʿ nṯrwy-mr(wy)-ỉt ḥnʿ nṯrwy-pr(wy)
ȝ-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-k-w-s sȝ ȝ-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-k-w-s
ỉw d-m-d-r-y-ȝ-t sȝt p-y-l-y-n-s
fȝ(t) šp n ḳn m-bȝḥ b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t tȝ mnḫ(t)
ỉw p-y-l-y-n-ȝ-t sȝt (nt) p-t-w-l-m-y-s
fȝ(t) dn nbw m-bȝḥ ỉ-r-s-n-ỉ-n-ȝ-t tȝ mr(t)-sn
ỉw hy-r-n-ȝ-t sȝt (nt) p-t-w-l-m-y-s n wʿbt nt ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t tȝ mr(t)-ỉt-s
hrw pn sḫȝwy ỉw (ỉmyw-r) gs-prw ḥmw-nṯr
ḥryw-sštȝ (ʿbw-nṯr) ʿḳ r (bw-ḏsr) smʿr nṯrw m stt.sn
ḥnʿ sš.w mḏȝt-nṯr ḥnʿ ṯy pr-ʿnḫ
ḥnʿ nȝ ky.w wʿb.w m ỉtrty šmʿw mḥw
nty m (pȝ-sbty-n-ỉ-l-k-s-d-r-s)
ʿb.sn r sḥḏt nt ȝst ḥnʿ nṯrwy-snwy ḥnʿ nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ḥnʿ ntrwy-mr(wy)(-ỉt) ḥnʿ nṯrwy-pr(wy) nb.w bȝḳt
ḫft smỉ.w.s n ḥm.f m r mḥ-ỉb nw ḥm.f mr nsw
ḥr ḫrp nfrw (ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-(k-)w-s) sȝ (ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s)
m st (ḳ-ȝ-m-n-w-s) nty ỉmỉwtỉ ỉmyw-ỉb tp(yw) nw ḥm.f
m-ḏd (ʿḥȝ.n.f) m tȝ-šmʿw m ww n wȝst ḥnʿ sbỉ ḫfty nṯrw
(bṯnw ḫr-wn-nfr )
ḥnʿ ṯst nt nḥsy.w dmḏ.sn ḥnʿ.f
smȝ.n.f sn ȝm.m (snty) pn ʿnḫ(.w)
kȝ.sn
m-ʿ-nty wn.n nsw-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
sȝ n nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ḥnʿ ḥḳȝt nb(t) tȝwy ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t nṯrwy-mr(wy)-ỉt
ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥḳȝt nb(t) tȝwy ḳ-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwy-pr(wy)
ḥr ỉr(t) ḫt nb(t) nfr(t) m ỉdb.w ḥr ḥnʿ ỉmỉwtỉ(w).sn
ḥnʿ wn(nw) m-ḫnt ỉȝwt.sn mnḫ.t r ȝw.sn
(mḥ.sn) ỉsk r tr nb sb.tw (sṯsw(?) ḳnw) (nṯrw) nw bȝḳt r ȝw.sn
ḥnʿ nṯrwt r-ḏr.sn r rd.t (wn.n.sn) mn
kȝ.sn ỉsk r ỉr(t) tp-nfr n wnyw nw bȝḳt mỉ ỉr.n ḏḥwty ʿȝ ʿȝ
(wḏ.n ḥm.f) ỉsk r sb.tw ḥtp-nṯr n nṯrw
ḥnʿ nbw ḥḏ wȝḥy rd.tw r ḥwwt-nṯr(w) m ẖr-rnpt
ḥnʿ dnỉwt ỉrw nw nṯrw m ḥsp nw ȝḥw ḥnbwt dgr.w
ḫt nb(t) wn ẖr(t).sn m rk.y ḏfn.w(.f)
ỉsk ḥnk.n.f ȝḥ(wt) wr.w(t) r gs-prw
ỉw rd.n.f nbw ḥḏ (ʿȝt) nb(t) n-mȝʿt mỉ ʿšȝ.sn
r sḫʿ(t) (sḫm.w) n nṯr(w) nty m gm wš m ḫm.w
ỉr.n.f ȝḫw wr.w(t) n ḥp mr-wr ḥnʿ ktḫy ʿwt nṯr(t) ḫw(t) m tȝ-mrỉ
ỉb.f (ʿḳȝ) ḥr sḫr(w).sn m tr (nb)
ỉw ỉr.n.f ḏʿr r ỉʿb ḏt.sn wr.tw ḏsr.tw
ỉw.sn m (ḥb wȝḥ) ʿḫ (sḳr wdnw) ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t)
ỉsk ỉr.n.sn tp-rd nb n (ỉmt wr.sn) mỉ nty r ḏrf nt ḏḥwty ʿȝ ʿȝ
sḫr.w (tp(y)w) gs-prw ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) wr(t) ... ḥm.f r (nt-ʿ).sn
ỉw ỉb.f mnḫ ḫr nṯrw ḥr nḏ (sp.w(?)).sn nfrw r smȝw.sn m rk.f
rd.n nṯrw bȝḳt mỉ-ḳd.sn ḥnʿ nṯrwt r-ḏr.sn
ỉr(t.n) nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(y) nb(t) n ḫfty / sbỉ n nṯrw
(ḫr-wn-nfr) (šȝ bʿr) ỉmỉwtỉ bȝḳt
twt ʿwny.w stnm (w.w) nb nw bȝḳt (ỉw.f sḫpr) twȝy (ẖr) sḫm.sn
(ḥr npḏ wʿb.w.sn) ḥnʿ wnwt ḥwt-nṯr.sn
(spr.w ʿ.sn r gȝywt.sn) ḥnʿ ȝ ỉsk (sḫm.w) nw nṯrw
wỉȝ.sn (nỉwwt) ḥnʿ mšʿ.sn m (ṯȝy.w ḥmwt ẖrd.w)
mỉtt (ỉr.sn) ktḫ m tp-šw (ṯtf.sn) ḥtr nw w.w
ỉr.n nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-pṯh sḫr.w
(sḫpr.n.f sky.w) nṯ(yw) ḥȝw-nbw m(.sn)
(ẖnm ʿ.wy ḥnmmt.f) ỉw.sn mỉ ms ḥnʿ.sn
(r tm rd.t wȝ.sn sbỉw bʿr) r.f ḥnʿ ỉt.f
rd.n ḥm.f ỉṯ.tw ḥḏ nbw m tnw (ḥḥ.w) ʿȝ.w r (tȝ-bḫȝ)
rd.t ỉn.tw ṯst r bȝḳt m ỉsw n sỉp(w) r ỉdb.w
r swḏȝ ... (.sn r ỉr.t kȝt pr-ʿ ḥnʿ) sbỉ.w (bhȝ.y.sn)
ỉw.sn sʿr spr m-bȝḥ ḥm.f n ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3 m-ḏd
ḫfʿ.sn (sbỉ nw nṯrw bṯnw ḫr-wn-nfr m ḫrwy) ỉr(y) ḥnʿ.f (n) rnpt-sp 19 ȝbd 3 šmw sw 23
ỉw.f (m) smȝ.sn sȝ.f (ḥnʿ kȝyw) sbỉ.w
ỉw.sn ỉn(t) m.f r (bw) nty ỉw ḥm.f ỉw.f snḥ m bỉȝ
... ỉr.sn (n.f) wḏȝ wr n spr r.f
mỉ ỉr n sbỉ.w nn wn tp-ʿ (kȝyw nḫt.w tš(?)) r-r.sn
r mn.n(?) wḏȝ ... ḥm n nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥḳȝt nb(t) tȝwy ḳ-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwy-pr(wy)
mỉ wḏ n sḫr n nṯrw m ḏbȝw.sn ... nṯrw
ḥr ỉr(t) n.s(n) ḫt twt n ỉr(t) ʿȝ ḏsr
msb m ỉb n ỉryw-nṯr nw ỉdb.w ḥr mỉ-ḳd.sn
(mdw-ḳn) n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥḳȝt nb(t) tȝwy ḳ-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwy-pr(wy)
ḥnʿ ḫp n nṯrwy-mr(wy)-ỉt sḫpr (sn)
ḥnʿ nṯrwy-snwy
mtw.tw sʿḥʿ ... n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
kȝ.tw n(.f) p-t-w-l-m-y-s-nb-ḳn
ḥnʿ rpyt nṯ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥḳȝt nb(t) tȝwy ḳ-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwy-pr(wy)
m ḳbḥwy n ḫm nb ḥr rn.f m wsḫt mšʿ nṯ ḥwt-nṯr
mtw.tw (sʿḥʿ) ... n nṯr nỉwty m ḥwt-nṯr ṯn
(mtw sʿḳ.w(?)) nty m ỉtrty ((šms) ẖnty.w ỉpn m ḫmt sp m ẖrt-hrw)
sšm n ḥm.f ḫt ḥr ʿḥʿy nty sḫȝwy pn ḥr.f
ỉr.tw.f ḥr smȝ sbỉ ỉw pȝ nṯr nỉwty rd.t n(.f) ḫpš nsw n ḳn
mtw.tw ỉr(t) ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3 hrw n smỉ.s
(r ḥm.f m r mḥ-ỉb n ḥm.f mr) n nsw ḥr ḫrp nfrw
ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s sȝ ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s
ḥnʿ ȝbd 3 šmw sw 23 hrw (rd(w).n ḳȝmnws)
nty ỉmỉwtỉ ỉmyw-ỉb (tpy.w nw) ḥm.f
m ḥb wr (m-ḫnt) ḳbḥwy r tp-rnpt nb r tr nb / tr.wy(?)
ỉw.sn wȝḥ ʿḫ sḳr wdnw ... ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t)
mtw.tw rd.t wȝḥ r tp.sn m ḥb.w ỉpn
mtw.tw ...
ḥnʿ ỉsk sw(?) rd.t ḫʿ sšm n ḥḳȝt
rd.t(w) sḫʿ.f ḥnʿ.f m hrw.w ỉpn
mtw.tw (ỉḳḥ)... nb(t) tȝwy m hrw.w ỉpn tp-rnpt nb
mtw.tw ỉr(t) pȝ grḥ nty (ḥȝt) hrw.w ḥr sfḫ ḫtm(?) (st-rdwy(?)) m ỉtrty
ḫt nb(t) ỉr(t) (m) ḥb.w ỉpn sšm r s nb ỉr wnwt.sn m ḥwt-nṯr
mtw.tw ḫt sḫȝwy pn ḥr ʿḥʿy nt ʿȝt rwḏ(t)
(mtw.tw) sʿḥʿ.f m wsḫt mšʿ nṯ ḥwt-nṯr m r-prw nb ḥr rn.f