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Decree of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II : copy

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Description

The first 11 lines are the conclusion of a letter from one official to another, authorizing payment to a priest. The remainder of the text is an appended copy of an ordinance of King Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (d. 116 B.C.) which requires the said payment, that is, income from temple lands, trade, and manufactures, the profits from which were assigned to the priests

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Found at Memphis

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