The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the
Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) on a limestone
stele. The same decree is found upon the
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a Rosetta Stone decree, decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt, Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts ...
. From 1848, it was known that a partial copy of the Decree was on a wall at the
Temple of Philae, but overwritten in many places, by scenes, or damaged.
The limestone stele is rounded at the top, is high, and wide.' The Nubayrah Stele is named for the present day town of
Noubarya-(?) on the former
Canopic branch of the
Nile River
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; the town is southwest of
Damanhur. The original ''"Nubayrah"'' was close to Damanhur.
The Nubayrah Stele is located in the
Egyptian Museum
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, no. 5576.
Publication history
The hieroglyph text was published, in the 1800s and early 1900s in five resources:
[Budge, (1989), 1929. p. 103.]
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Urbain Bouriant, "La stèle 5576 du Musée du
Boulaq-(now
Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (, Egyptian Arabic: ) (also called the Cairo Museum), located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Ancient Egypt, Egyptian antiquities in the world. It hou ...
) et L'inscription de Rosette", in ''Recueil de travaux'', Paris, 1885, vol vi, pp 1-20.
:#Baillet, ''Le décret de Memphis et les inscriptiones de Rosette et de Damanhour'', Paris, 1905.
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Ahmed Kamal (Egyptologist), ''Catalogue générale des antiquités égyptiennes'', No. 22188, with photographic reproduction.
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Kurt Heinrich Sethe, ''Urkunden'', iv, p. 169. (best and complete transcripts)
:#Spiegelberg, ''Kanopus und Memphis (Rosettan)'', Heidelberg, 1922. (best and complete transcripts)
See also
*
Coptos Decree
*
Great Mendes Stela
*
Ptolemaic Decrees
References
* Budge, 1929, (1989). ''The Rosetta Stone,''
E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-486-26163-8)
*
Kamal, Ahmed, ''Stèles ptolémaiques et romaines'', two volumes, Le Caire, 1904–1905, (Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire).
External links
Full Text of the Rosetta Stone, ''Description of the Stone'', refers to supplemental texts, and Egyptian Museum no. 5576, the Nubayrah Stele.
2nd-century BC steles
Ancient Egyptian stelas
Multilingual texts