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Decree of Canopus
Bibliography: Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 124-154); Bagnall, Roger S. and Derow, Greek Historical Documents: The Hellenistic Period, 1981/2002 Scholars Press, p. 238
(Sethe, p. 125)
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ḫr ḥm nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
(Sethe, p. 126)
sȝ n p-t-w-l-m-y-s ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t nṯrwy-snwy
wʿb n ỉ-l-g-s-ȝ-n-d-r-s mȝʿ-ḫrw ḥnʿ nṯrwy-snwy ḥnʿ nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ȝ-p-w-l-ȝ-n-y-d-s sȝ n m-w-s-k-y-ȝ-n
ỉw m-ȝ-n-ȝ-ḳ-r-ȝ-d-ȝ sȝt nt p-y-l-ȝ-m-n-ȝ
fȝ-dnỉ(t) n m-bȝḥ ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t mr(t)-sn
ḥryw-sštȝ ʿb.w smʿr nṯrw m sṯt.sn
(Sethe, p. 127)
ỉ m ỉtrty šmʿw mḥw r d-y-ȝ-w-s hrw 5
šsp ḥm.f ỉȝwt.f wr.t m-ʿ ỉt.f ỉm.f
twt.sn r ḥwt-nṯr nt nṯrwy-mnḫwy nty m pgwtỉ
r-nty wn nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
sȝ n p-t-w-l-m-y-s ḥnʿ ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t nṯrwy-snwy
ḥnʿ ḥḳȝt b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t snt.f ḥmt.f
(Sethe, p. 128)
nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ḥr ỉr(t) mnḫw ḳnw wr.w m gsw-prw nw tȝ-mrỉ r tr nb
ḥr ḏsr mdw pḥty n nṯrw r ʿȝ wr
ḥnʿ ʿwt ḥwt-nṯr nb(t) ḫw(t) m bȝḳt
d.sn ḫt wr (spd) ḳnw r ỉr.t r mẖr.w.sn
sḫm.w ỉṯ(w).n ẖsy.w nw p-r-s-t-t r rwt bȝḳt
(Sethe, p. 129)
wn.sn ḥr wḏʿ ʿnḫw nb nw tȝ-mrỉ
(Sethe, p. 130)
ỉsk rf ḫpr rnpt nt ḥʿpy nḏs m hȝw.sn
ỉw ḫpr sḫnw ḥʿpy nds n ỉmy.w tȝ-mrỉ m hȝw.sn
ỉw ḥm.f ḏs.f ḥnʿ snw.f ḥr mḥ(t)
(Sethe, p. 131)
ḥr ỉmy.w prw-nṯr ḥnʿ ỉmy.w bȝḳt r ȝw.sn
m ỉw sbyntyw nty m ḥr-ỉb wȝḏ-wr
ḥr rd.t ḥḏ ʿšȝ r ḏbȝw.sn ṯs r sb.t(w).w
(Sethe, p. 132)
ỉw rd.n nṯrw smn ỉȝwt.sn n ḥḳȝt tȝwy
ḥnʿ fḳȝ.sn m ȝḫw r ȝw.sn r r-ʿ ḏt
(Sethe, p. 133)
rd(y) m ỉb.sn ỉn wʿb.w nw tȝ-mrỉ
r swr ḏsr ḫt ḳnw n nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
ḥnʿ ḥḳȝt b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ḥnʿ ḫpr(w) n nṯrwy-snwy ḳmȝ(wy) sn
ḥnʿ ḫpr(w) n nṯrwy-nḏwy sḫp ỉr(yw) sn
wʿb.w pw ỉmy.w prw-nṯr nb nw bȝḳt r ȝw.sn
ḏd.tw wʿb.w nw nṯrwy-mnḫwy ḥr rn.sn wȝḥ.tw ḥr rn ỉȝwt ḥm-nṯr.sn
(Sethe, p. 134)
ḫt ỉȝwt ḥm-nṯr n nṯrwy-mnḫwy ḥr ḫtm ỉry ḏrt.sn
sḫpr.sn ky sȝ ỉmytw(?) wʿb.w m gsw-prw r ȝw.sn
ḏd.tw n.f sȝ 5(.nw) n nṯrwy-mnḫwy
r-nty ḫpr sḫnw nfr ḥnʿ wḏȝ snb
mswt nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ sȝ n nṯrwy-snwy
(Sethe, p. 135)
ỉw ỉrf hrw pn ḫnty pw n ỉr(t) b-nfr wr n ʿnḫw nb.w
d.tw wʿb.w bs(w.n) nsw r gsw-prw šȝʿ-n rnpt wʿ.t nt ḥm.f
ḥnʿ nty tw.tw (r) bs r-mn rnpt-sp 9.(n)t ȝbd 4 šmw
wʿb.w pw wn ẖr-ḥȝt.sn r-mn rnpt wʿ.t
(r) ḫp m sȝ.w wn(w).sn ỉm.sn ẖr-ḥȝt
mỉtt-ỉrw n ms.w.sn ḏr hrw pn r r-ʿ nḥḥ
m sš.w r sȝ.w nty ỉw ỉt.sn m-ḫnt.sn
(Sethe, p. 136)
ỉw s 5 ỉn.tw m wȝḥ m-ḫnt sȝ 5(.nw) n nṯrwy-mnḫwy
rd.t(w) psšt n ỉmy.w sȝ 5 n nṯrwy-mnḫwy
m nt-ʿ nb n bs r ỉr(t) ʿbw m ḥwt-nṯr
(Sethe, p. 137)
r-nty sk ỉr.tw ḥb n nṯrwy-mnḫwy m gsw-prw nb
ḫʿ ʿȝ pẖr m tȝ-mrỉ r tr.f n rnpt
(Sethe, p. 138)
n nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ ḥnʿ ḥḳȝt b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ḏd.tw wpt-rnpt m rn.f ḥr sš.w nw pr-ʿnḫ
mtw.tw ỉr(t).f m rnpt-sp 9 ȝbd 2 šmw sw 1
ỉw ỉr.tw ḥb n wpt-rnpt nt bȝstt ḥr ḫʿ ʿȝ n bȝstt m ȝbd pn
ḏr-nty tr n stwt rd nb ḥȝy ḥʿpy ỉm.f
(Sethe, p. 139)
r nn sn.tw hrw n ỉr(t) ḥb pn ḥr.s
r ỉr.t.f r-mỉtt.f m ȝbd 2 šmw sw 1
(Sethe, p. 140)
r tr.w ḥr ỉr(t) ỉry.sn r rr nb
mỉ sḫr.w wn(w) pt smn ḥr.s m hrw pn
r wn ḥb.w pẖr m tȝ-mrỉ r ỉr.tw.w m prt
ḥr wdb ḫʿ n spdt m hrw wʿ ṯnw rnpt 4
(Sethe, p. 141)
r wn ktḫ ḥb.w ỉs ỉr.tw.w n šmw m ȝt tn
ḥnʿ hrw 5 wp.tw wȝḥ r.sn m pḥwy
mtw.tw wȝḥ hrw wʿ m ḥb n nṯrwy-mnḫwy šȝʿ-n hrw pn ṯnw rnpt 4
(Sethe, p. 142)
ḥnʿ mdw nty n hp.w n rḫ n mtn pt
(r-nty) sk sȝt ḫpr n nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ
ḥnʿ nb(t) tȝwy b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t nṯrwy-mnwy
ỉw sḫn ỉs nṯrt ṯn ỉw.s m rnnt ʿḳ.s r ḥrt m sḫȝḫ
(Sethe, p. 143)
ỉw wʿb.w ỉ m tȝ-mrỉ ḫr nsw-bỉt ẖr-rnpt
ỉr.sn prt ʿȝ.t ḥr-ʿ ḥr sḫnw ḫpr
ỉw.sn ḥr nḥ(t) m-bȝḥ nsw ḥnʿ ḥḳȝt
r rd(t) ḥtp nṯrt ṯn ḥnʿ wsỉr m ḥwt-nṯr n pgwtỉ
sw m-ḫnt ḏsr(w) (ỉ)n nsw ḥnʿ ʿnḫw nw tȝ-mrỉ r ȝw.sn
(Sethe, p. 144)
ỉr ỉs ʿḳ.tw (ỉ)n wsỉr m-ẖnw n sktt
m ḥwt-nṯr nt ... m ȝbd 4 ȝḫt sw 29
ỉw ỉmy.w gsw-prw ḫnt(yw) r ȝw.sn ḥr ỉr(t) ḳrr
ḥr ỉmn ỉȝb m-ḫft-ḥr-n ḥwt-nṯr ṯn
(Sethe, p. 145)
ỉr.sn smȝʿ n rd.t ḫpr mdw pḥty n ḏt
n ḥḳȝt b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t sȝt nt nṯrwy-mnḫwy
(r-nty) ḫp ʿḳ.s m-m nṯrw m tpy prt
ȝbd pw ʿḳ sȝt rʿ r pt ỉm.f ḫnt
(Sethe, p. 146)
ḏd.f n.s ỉrt-rʿ mḥnt m ḥȝt.f ḥr rn.s
ỉr.tw n.s ḥb n ẖn m r-pr wr ỉmytw gsw-prw ḫnt(yw) m ȝbd pn
n ḥḳȝt b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t sȝt nt nṯrwy-mnḫwy
ỉr ẖn.s ḥr swʿb snm.s ỉm.f m sp tp(y)
(Sethe, p. 147)
mtw.tw sʿḥʿ sḫm nṯr n nṯrt ṯn m nbw
m gsw-prw mḥ wʿ m gsw-prw mḥ 2 r ȝw.sn
r-pw wʿ ỉmytw wʿb.w stp(w) r ʿbw wr
(Sethe, p. 148)
m hrw n ḫʿ ḥnʿ ḥb.w nw nṯrw r ȝw.sn
ḏd.tw n.f b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t ḥnwt rnnwt
ỉw wȝḏ n ȝḫy m ḳȝw.s ḥȝ ỉʿrt ṯn
(Sethe, p. 149)
r-nty wn smȝʿ n sḥnw pn ʿš ḥr rn b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t
ỉw gr ỉr.tw hrw nw g-ỉ-g-ỉ-l(?) m ȝbd 4 ȝḫt
rd.ỉn rnnwt ḥmwt nw wʿb.w ỉr.tw kt rpt
(Sethe, p. 150)
ḥnʿ ḫt stwt n ỉr(t) m hrw nw ḥb pn
(Sethe, p. 151)
m ẖrt-hrw ḥnʿ ḥb.w ḫʿw nw nṯrw
(Sethe, p. 152)
r-nty ỉs d.tw ḥtp n wʿb.w m-ḫnt gsw-prw
ỉw my d.tw ẖrt n ms.w ḥmwt nw wʿb.w
(Sethe, p. 153)
ḏd.tw ʿḳw n b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t m rn.f
(Sethe, p. 154)
m sš nw pr-ʿnḫ sš n šʿ sš n ḥȝ-nbw
m gsw-prw ḫnt(yw) gsw-prw 2.nw gsw-prw 3.nw